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
Tamia	-	English (Modern)
BÁIrbre	BAHR-bre	Irish
Louise	loo-EEZ (French, English), loo-EE-se (Danish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch
ViŠNja	VEESH-nyah	Croatian, Serbian
Jovita	ho-VEE-tah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Jannike	YAHN-ni-ke (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish