latch onto

1. Also, latch on to.

2. 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]

3. 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]

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