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Latch on   /lætʃ ɑn/   Listen
Latch on

verb
1.
Take hold of or attach to.
2.
Adopt.  Synonyms: fasten on, hook on, seize on, take up.
3.
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.  Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, tumble, twig.






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"Latch on" Quotes from Famous Books



... this house is not safe at all; and, if Monseigneur will permit me, I will go on and tell the locksmith to come and put the old bolts in the door again. I say, than a door which opens by a latch on the outside to the first comer, nothing could be more horrible; and then Monseigneur has the habit of always saying: 'Come in,' even at midnight. But, my goodness, there is no need to ...
— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty



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