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cotton on

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to understand, usually after some initial difficulty

MWEWordset Dictionary

Classifications

Cognitive

Understand85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value
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Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value
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Variants

synonym
tumble
pasttense
cottoned on
presentparticiple
cottoning on
thirdpersonsingular
cottons on
pastparticiple
cottoned on