I quite cottoned on to that man.
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Cottoned
Synonyms for "cottoned" (251 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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4 total sentences available.
It was some time before I cottoned on to what she meant.
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She cottoned to him soon.
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Tom's just cottoned on to the fact he's single now.
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