Synonyms: get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, cotton on, catch on, tumble, twig
Definition: understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Usage: She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
Similar words: dig, compass, comprehend, get the picture, grasp, grok, apprehend, savvy
Definition: get the meaning of something
Usage: Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Synonyms: fasten on, take up, hook on, seize on, latch on
Definition: adopt
Usage: take up new ideas
Similar words: sweep up, adopt, embrace, espouse
Definition: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Usage: She embraced Catholicism; They adopted the Jewish faith
Synonyms: latch on
Definition: take hold of or attach to
Usage: The biochip latches onto the genes