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Crummy Idea I Hope Catch

Sentence It's a crummy idea, and I certainly hope it does not catch on.
Definition (
intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive
,
idiomatic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic
) To become
popular
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/popular
; to become
commonplace
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commonplace
; to become the
standard
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/standard
.

Tags: catch, on

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