"cotton onto" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cottons onto [present, singular, third-person], cottoning onto [participle, present], cottoned onto [participle, past], cottoned onto [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cotton onto (third-person singular simple present cottons onto, present participle cottoning onto, simple past and past participle cottoned onto)
  1. Alternative form of cotton on to Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cotton on to
    Sense id: en-cotton_onto-en-verb-YEt8Orot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "onto", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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