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Also, latch on to.

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]

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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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

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For his part, Bratton is disappointed but not surprised that the same narrative is already being mapped onto Fry and Spencer.
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So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
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Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
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Where these laser-like missiles are falling out of the sky onto a city and you have to stop each of them from hitting the targets?
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I put down my haid, and was just kinda dragged up the aisle and onto the platform.
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His untidy hair was rumpled, as if someone had been hanging onto it while in the process of giving him the shiner.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Sikes, with Olivers hand still in his, softly approached the low porch, and raised the latch.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Either: we cannot give you what you ask, so fall back onto the defensive; or, go ahead, we will give you the means.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
To punctuate her observation Jessie Norwood lifted the iron latch and jerked open the door.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

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MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

latch onto

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

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