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What does "latch onto" mean?
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Get hold of, grasp; also, understand, grasp mentally. For example, They latched onto a fortune in the fur trade, or Carol quickly latched on to how the sewing machine works. [c. 1930]
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Attach oneself to, join in with, as in Rob didn't know the way so he latched on to one of the older children. [c. 1930]
Also,
latch on to.
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