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ReDSanchous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Cotton on

Can the phrasal verb 'cotton on' substitute the verbs 'understand, realsize' in the following sentence?

I cottoned on - (or that?) he had been telling lies from the start.
I realized he had been telling lies from the start.
  

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Hello ReDS Can the phrasal verb 'cotton on' substitute the verbs 'understand, realsize' in the following sentence? ) he had been telling lies from the start. I realized he had been telling lies from the start.

— Paco2004

  • Hello ReDS Can the phrasal verb 'cotton on' substitute the verbs 'understand, realsize' in the following sentence?
  • ) he had been telling lies from the start.
  • I realized he had been telling lies from the start.
  • I'm a learner but I'm interested in the verb 'cotton' and searched for it in dictionaries and online sites.
  • shtml "]cotton to/cotton on to[/url].
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Hello ReDS
Can the phrasal verb 'cotton on' substitute the verbs 'understand, realsize' in the following sentence?
I cottoned on - (or that?) he had been telling lies from the start.
I realized he had been telling lies from the start.

I'm a learner but I'm interested in the verb 'cotton' and searched for it in dictionaries and online sites. Probably t
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"cottoned on to the fact that he had been lying" or "cottoned on to his lying" is what you need here.
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That's a very thorough definition from the BBC site, Paco-- well found! I wish that they had that kind of information for all our idioms.
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