cotton on informal

Moreover, he would not be in the same position as the rest of us to cotton on to their use.

Only in his third term did he really cotton on to how to effect change, but by then it was too late.

I cotton on pretty quick to this kind of stuff.

When it comes to cotton on cone this is yet another matter.

It may take a while before the clients cotton on to what is happening.

He raised cotton on somebody else's land in a county where everybody was poor, regardless of race or anything else.

But we are beginning to cotton on to how sharp-elbowed we'll have to be.

He still hadn't cottoned on to what they was about.

Of course, the Chinese cottoned on to it centuries ago.

I never saw the actual cotton on the bush.

He'd said too much - and I hadn't even begun to cotton on.

Surely it was too cold to grow cotton on this planet.

She was always cottoning on to things that nobody else noticed.

But she'd cottoned on to the fact that someone was out there, with her in his sights.

It's taken you over 13 years to cotton on hasn't it Unions?

Well I've just seen did you cotton on to that, it's not just me?

"Older people think the state is going to look after them, but they haven't cottoned on yet."

The action suggested the owners had found buyers for that cotton on the cash market.

They're finally cottoning on to the political value of the confessional culture.

The people have cottoned on to what you do.

Never seemed to cotton on to the fact that I don't like morning mists.

Already, there are signs that some publishers have cottoned on to this.

They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week.

Certainly, there was not much cotton on a large scale, meaning rich planters, of course.

That America is finally cottoning on is to your credit.