plotting (verb)
1plot — I. /plɒt / (say plot) noun 1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. 2. the plan, scheme, or main story of a play, novel, poem, or the like. 3. Gunnery the position of a target and the …
2cotton on — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑twig, ↑get it …
3latch on — verb 1. take hold of or attach to The biochip latches onto the genes • Hypernyms: ↑grasp, ↑hold on • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. adopt …
4catch on — verb 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 3) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig …
5get it — verb 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 4) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotto …
6get onto — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 1) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑ …
7assassinate — verb VERB + ASSASSINATE ▪ attempt to, try to ▪ plan to, plot to ▪ He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the Tsar. PHRASES ▪ …
8complot — verb engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together They conspired to overthrow the government • Syn: ↑conspire, ↑cabal, ↑conjure, ↑machinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑machination ( …
9get wise — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑get it …
10pedgill — verb To work hard and painstakingly at something; to plod or persevere But at drawing, his hand swung naturally in big, bold lines, rather lax, so that it was cruel for him to pedgill away at the lace designing, working from the tiny squares of… …
