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How to sign: understand, usually after some initial difficulty
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on";
Similiar / Same: catch on, get wise, get onto, cotton on, get it, latch on, twig
Categories: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy
How to sign: fall down, as if collapsing
"The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it";
Similiar / Same: topple
Categories: come down, descend, fall, go down
Within this category: keel over
How to sign: fall apart
"the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down";
Similiar / Same: crumble, crumple, collapse, break down
Categories: change integrity
