catch onto something

catch onto something
catch onto something
[for something] to snag on or get grabbed by something else. (See also onto something.) •

This little piece has to catch onto this gear each time it comes around.

A few threads of my shirt caught onto the cactus needles and ruined the whole thing.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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