cotton on

To begin to understand something; to grasp fully; to catch on. Primarily heard in UK. It took me a few moments to cotton on, but I soon realized that they were talking about me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nigul	-	Estonian
Dawood	-	Arabic
Vipul	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Ferdinanda	fer-dee-NAHN-dah (German)	Italian, German
Kaila	-	Yiddish
Dulce	DOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese