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latch on
DEFINITIONS OF:
latch on
1
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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