latch onto sth
— phrasal verb with latch uk/lætʃ/us/lætʃ/verb [ I or T ]
(BECOME CONNECTED)
to become connected to something:
The antibodies work by latching onto proteins on the surfaces of the viruses and bacteria.
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
- mesh
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(BECOME INTERESTED)
informal to become interested in an idea, story, or activity, and to start to use it:
Unfortunately the press have already latched onto the story.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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