How to Use catch on in a Sentence

catch on

verb

• That incident was caught on video that shocked the city.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
• Firefighters in the Bronx worked to save an apartment complex that caught on fire.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
• Collier said while everyone else is now catching on to the rise of women’s sports, sports figures were early to recognize the value of the industry.
  — Russell Leung, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
• This time, the perpetrators were several boys or young men who, caught on camera and tripping the alarm, left empty-handed because there was again nothing to find.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
• The incident at that individual store, which had a policy of asking non-paying customers to leave, was caught on video and was a major embarrassment for the company.
  — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
• By this time, the Democrats had caught on and the arms race was joined.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
• Now then, who brought the map and is the safety catch on?
  — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• The first guy is, too, caught on tape with a bin of his own.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• Atwell’s eight-yard catch on the second play moved the ball to the 10-yard line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
• Both instances were caught on video and sparked protests in the city.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
• The moment, like the rest of the trial, was caught on camera.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
• No one knew what the reception would be or whether the show would catch on.
  — Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022
• Smith made a great leaning catch on the sideline and kept his toes in on one.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2021
• If your doormat is too thick, it can get caught on your door.
  — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 6 July 2023
• In recent years, Intel was caught on its back foot by the AI wave.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
• Once the tap shoes come out, even the most credulous viewer has to catch on.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• And at one point, the speakers overloaded and caught on fire!
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• The great white the anglers caught on Jan. 29 was smaller than the shark that was found dead at Navarre on Friday.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
• It’s played for both laughs and ahems, and by the time the Kens catch on to what’s happened, order has been restored.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2023
• Following the crash near railway tracks, the bus caught on fire.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Palmer made a great catch on the breaking route and guys were making plays and helping me out.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 8 Oct. 2022
• His body appeared to get caught on the door and he was dragged about 15 feet as the cruiser turned onto the street and pulled away.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• As the sun sets, divers return touting hundred-pound bags full of the day’s catch on their backs.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2024
• Trent Grisham makes a freakin’ diving catch on the warning track to end the inning.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2023
• Make sure the closure will come apart if the hat gets caught on something, for the baby's safety.
  — Casey Clark, Parents, 23 May 2024
• It Zero Cleansing Balm is known to fly off shelves in Korea, and the rest of the world has been catching on.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
• Original steak sauce — and see if the candles catch on.
  — Priya Krishna, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• The jury is still out on whether this will catch on with passengers long term.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
• So when Cruz fed her eaglet its first meal, it was all caught on camera.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
• The car then went down an embankment and hit a tree, causing the car to catch on fire, state police said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025