latch on

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verb

1. take hold of or attach to
- The biochip latches onto the genes
• Hypernyms:
grasp, hold on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. adopt
- take up new ideas
• Syn:
take up, fasten on, hook on, seize on
• Hypernyms:
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: take up)
3. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
• Syn:
catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, cotton on,
twig, get it
• Hypernyms:
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig,
grasp, compass, apprehend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: get onto)