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latch on
latch on vb 1. to attach oneself (to): to latch on to a new acquaintance. 2. to understand: he suddenly latched on to what they were up to. 3. US and Canadian to obtain; get Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | latch on - take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes"grasp, hold on - hold firmly | | 2. | latch on - adopt; "take up new ideas"fasten on, hook on, seize on, take upsweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" | | 3. |  latch on - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, tumbleapprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
Translationsafferrare l'ideacapire al vololatch on
latch on1. To fasten, attach, or hold tightly on (to someone or something). Be careful around that animal—if it latches on with its teeth, it won't let go. My son latched on to my arm when the movie became too intense for her.2. To fasten or attach something to someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "latch" and "on." I just need to latch the trailer on the truck, and we'll be ready to go. Once you latch the antenna on, we should be able to communicate to the control tower.3. To begin to comprehend, understand, or make sense of something. Once he latched on to the instructions in the manual, he was able to complete the repair. He's explained it twice already, but I'm still having trouble latching on.4. To become fixated on or accepting of some idea, notion, or belief. I don't know why he's latched on to this idea of moving to Canada, but he seems dead set on it now. I'll try to get the rest of the board members to latch on if you can show some data to back up your plan.5. To become closely involved or associated with a person or group. I was friendly with one guy during our orientation for the graduate program, but then he latched on and started following me around campus for the rest of the day. Tom's really latched on to the local rowing club.See also: latch, onlatch on (to someone)to get hold of someone. I don't know where Jane is. Let me try to latch onto her.See also: latch, onlatch on
Related to latch on: latch ontoSynonyms for latch onverb take hold of or attach toRelated Wordsverb adoptSynonyms- fasten on
- hook on
- seize on
- take up
Related Words- sweep up
- embrace
- espouse
- adopt
verb understand, usually after some initial difficultySynonyms- catch on
- cotton on
- get it
- get onto
- get wise
- twig
- tumble
Related Words- apprehend
- comprehend
- get the picture
- grok
- savvy
- grasp
- compass
- dig
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