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 New tight end Darren Waller followed that with a 7-yard TD catch on a tricky sideline route, and then added another TD early in the third quarter. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026 Larsen, a wide receiver and safety, delivered with an impressive 10-yard touchdown catch on fourth down in the left corner of the end zone to cut the deficit to 14-9 in the fourth. — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026 But the officials didn’t call anything, and Goedert turned a short catch on a slant into the game-winning score. — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Judge went 2 for 4 and his only chance in right field was a catch on Kyle Karros near the foul line in the fourth. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for catch on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on

Verb

Three weeks into the protest, President Emmanuel Macron's government is struggling to work out how to balance demands for more education spending with the need to rein in public debt.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Paulina Porizkova is enjoying the benefits of exercising after starting to work out.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

But coming off the back of that, there was all of this legislation that was pretty awful and generally, there were a lot of homophobic attitudes, still quite extreme, even as late as the 1990s.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Haloed in distorted guitar and jagged synths, Wolf comes off as a champion of her own avoidance, her heroism charmingly pathetic.

— Enzo Escober, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of come off

Verb

Construction site trial succeeds The team tested the complete system at an active construction site, where a worker wore the device for approximately 165 minutes while performing normal daily activities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
The shallow cultural footprint of these titles, at least two of which succeeded critically and/or financially, testifies to comedy’s waning as a cinematic form.

— Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of succeed

Verb

The 25-year-old wing is as sharp as anyone in the NBA, a Stanford alum who once flirted with a future in biomedical engineering before his basketball career panned out.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
From beef to diesel, White House efforts to bring down prices — the top concern among midterm voters — have failed so far to pan out.

— Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pan out

Verb

Instead of clicking a link in an unexpected email or text, visit the organization's official website independently.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Users can switch back to the original layout, Narasimhan says, and Reels will be unmuted once a user swipes or clicks into a video.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of click

Verb

Earlier this year, the Dutch adaptation launched on RTL4 to more than 1 million viewers and a Polish version delivered TVN’s biggest primetime launch in five years, according to TF1.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Moscow — By agreeing to open Russia’s taps and release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel into a starving global market, the Kremlin has achieved something that raw military might on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine could never deliver.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026