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latch on

DEFINITIONS OF: latch on

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v take hold of or attach to

Type of:
grasp, hold on
hold firmly

v adopt

Synonyms:
fasten on, hook on, seize on, take up
Type of:
adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep up
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

v understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Synonyms:
catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, tumble, twig
Type of:
apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
get the meaning of something
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