Where Does Cottoned on Come from?
It Has Plausibly Been Suggested It Came from the Use of Mixtures of Cotton and Other Fibres in Clothing. a Little Later, Cotton up Meant to Strike up a...
It has plausibly been suggested it came from the use of mixtures of cotton and other fibres in clothing. A little later, cotton up meant to strike up a friendship. In the early 1800s, to cotton to somebody implied that you were drawn or attached to that person.
What does the phrase cottoned on mean?
informal. : to begin to understand something : to catch on It took a while, but they are finally starting to cotton on. —often + to She cottoned on to the fact that I like her.
What does the saying cotton to mean?
US, informal. : to begin to like (someone or something) We cottoned to our new neighbors right away. He doesn't cotton to the idea of having children.
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