cop onto (something)

cop onto (something)

slang To learn or understand something. Thanks for explaining that concept to me—I think I'm copping onto it now. I only copped onto sine and cosine after a visit to the tutoring center. It can be hard to cop onto the subjunctive in French.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

cop onto something

Sl. to understand or become aware of something. I think I'm copping onto the significance of this at last. Try to cop onto what I'm saying, Otto.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cop onto something

in. to understand or become aware of something. I think I’m copping onto the significance of this at last.

See also: cop, something

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