"Catch on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... considerable time, but he rightly feared that the heat would kill them, unless he could bring up a sufficient quantity of water to pour over them. This would be a severe task, and it appeared to him that the best thing he could do would be to build a pen, and enclose these and any others he might catch on subsequent nights. He accordingly at once, as the moon was bright, set about carrying out his intention. By actively plying his axe, he cut down a number of thick stakes, which he drove into the sand just above high-water mark, so ...
— The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston
... "Muriel will kill me yet. I met her in the cloakroom and we went out together. I thought she looked worried, but I didn't catch on until she began making excuses to get rid of me, then I looked ahead and down the street, busily tying ...
— Phyllis - A Twin • Dorothy Whitehill
... there was attached to the bottom of the barrel a hook to catch on a fixed object at the moment of discharge. This was called ...
— Battle Studies • Colonel Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq
... lifted the drowsy cat to the floor. Bob pushed a button, put his foot on the self-starter and the engine started. Heinrich always backed the car into the garage so that it was headed in the right direction as it stood. Hugh undid the spring catch on the door and rolled the door back. They were now ...
— Bob Cook and the German Spy • Tomlinson, Paul Greene
... through the trees is almost a flight. Indeed, the flying-squirrel has little or no advantage over him, and in speed and nimbleness cannot compare with him at all. If he miss his footing and fall, he is sure to catch on the next branch; if the connection be broken, he leaps recklessly for the nearest spray or limb, and secures his hold, even if it be by the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various
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