tumble to
Suddenly get it
To tumble to something is to suddenly realize or understand it, especially something that wasn't immediately obvious: It took me a while to tumble to what she was really saying.
The phrase suggests the understanding arrives with a kind of falling-into-place quality.
More common in British than American English.
- catch onGrasp or gain popularity
- understandGrasp the meaning
- get the pictureAchieve full understanding
- realizationGrasping what's true
- cotton onBegin to understand
catch on to · drop · twig · grasp · put two and two together · suss out · wise up · latch onto · dawn on · revelation · stumble across · pick up on · figure out · illumination · get it · get the drift · awareness · comprehension
- catch oncatch on, figure out, realize, understand, cotton on
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
suddenness of understanding
tumble topiece together
Construct from fragments
puzzle out · study · mull over