cotton on

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

cotton on phrasal verb informal [ cottons on cottoning on cottoned on cottoned on cottoned on ]
to begin to understand a situation or fact
• I'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship.
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