(transitive) To impregnate.

(US, idiomatic, informal) To become organized, current, or aware.

(colloquial) To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.

To grip, as in: to take hold of, as with the hand. / To attain the understanding of a complex topic.

(informal) To build or acquire a basic level of understanding or control.

(transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome / (transitive, idiomatic) To trick or con. / (transitive, idiomatic) To gain an advantage over.

(intransitive) To leave, or depart. / (intransitive or transitive) To begin or commence. / (transitive) To excite intellectually. / (transitive) To arouse sexually.

(idiomatic, transitive) To overcome. / (idiomatic, transitive) To recover (from). / (idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on. / (idiomatic, transitive) To successfully communicate; to get across.

(idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.

(idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for. / (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.