View synonyms for latch on

latch on

verb

to attach oneself (to)
to latch on to a new acquaintance
to understand
he suddenly latched on to what they were up to
to obtain; get

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And so, when he uses martyr language to describe Kirk, his adherents latch on.

With the 'Big Three' era having ended, and Djokovic the last man standing from the golden age of men's tennis, fans are looking for another rivalry to latch on to.

From BBC

He loves to latch on to anything short, striking at 190 on the pull shot which has brought him 29 fours and three sixes in Test cricket for the price of just one dismissal.

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“I think Jesse’s the type of person that understands that love is love, and it’s not something you can cage or latch on to,” Mazino says.

From Los Angeles Times

The only other two were the two shortest deliveries Kohli received from Zampa, which he latched on to and pulled for four.

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