CATCH ON Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

catch on

verb

Definition of catch on

as in to work out

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Recent Examples of catch on Watson made the catch on top of the Bears defender’s head and stayed in bounds. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Greg Dulcich then dove to the ground for a nifty catch on the two-point conversion to pull Miami to within 28-18. — Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 Stroud kept the drive alive on third-and-11 escaping All-Pro tackle Jeffery Simmons to find Kayshon Boutte for a tiptoe-catch on the sideline for 23 yards. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 This can cause problems, as the other end of the card’s bracket can catch on motherboard components during the backward slide. — Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for catch on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on

Verb

Also, the proposition does not spell out the terms or interest rates on the loans, which would be worked out if the measure is approved.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Users will have to work out for themselves whether buying playtime piecemeal is worth it.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

My skin would tingle whenever Iverson got close to that mic and whispered along its neck, as if his breath were actually going over my neck too.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Police said Textor kept this scheme going over the course of approximately five years.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of go over

Verb

Why Cam Cook left TCU When Cook signed with TCU, offensive coordinator Garrett Riley was still in charge, coming off the run to the national championship game in 2022.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, to add this race, some had to come off the schedule, and one casualty was a trip to the Nashville Superspeedway.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of come off

Verb

In Oregon, the reverse could pan out, with a Republican in contention to upend a Democrat’s hold on the office for the first time since 1982.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Their prospects, like Brice Turang, Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell have all panned out, a testament to their player development staff.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pan out

Verb

This collaborative work delivers a new chemical strategy for fabricating high-performance flexible perovskite modules in China.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Synthetic mRNA delivers the instructions on these specific targets, allowing the body to present them to immune cells.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026