latch on Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take hold of or attach to
    • The biochip latches onto the genes
  2. verb adopt
    fasten on; hook on; take up; seize on.
    • take up new ideas
  3. verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty
    get it; catch on; tumble; get wise; get onto; twig; cotton on.
    • She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

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