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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "has yet to catch on" mean "has yet to be understood"?
Context:
In a remarkable marketing ploy, they and their colleagues in the atheist community have also attempted to promote the term "bright" as an alternative to "atheist." (The implied corollary, that believers must be "dim,' may be one good reason why the term has yet to catch on.)
In a remarkable marketing ploy, they and their colleagues in the atheist community have also attempted to promote the term "bright" as an alternative to "atheist." (The implied corollary, that believers must be "dim,' may be one good reason why the term has yet to catch on.)
Top answer
to catch on = to become popular
- to catch on = to become popular
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