كيف تنطق "cotton on to"

expression

KAH-tuhn ON tuh

KOT-uhn ON TOO

التعريف

To begin to understand or realize something, especially something that was not obvious at first.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈkɑtən/, /ˈkɔtən/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

kˈɒtən/ /ˈɒn/ /tˈuː

أمريكي

KAH-tuhn ON tuh

بريطاني

KOT-uhn ON TOO

It took me a while to cotton on to the joke.

He finally cottoned on to what was happening.

Children often cotton on to things quickly.

It took my parents a year to cotton on to the fact I was moving out.