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Understood to have become popular (6,2)

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I believe the answer is:

caught on

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'understood' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'to have become popular' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for caught on that I've seen is " Comprehended - became fashionable".)

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