'latch on' definitions:

Definition of 'latch on'

verb

Take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes"

verb

Adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on]

verb

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]

Words containing 'latch on'

Latch,
Latched,
Latching,
Knob latch,
Night latch,
Spring latch,
Thumb latch,
door latch,
fastened latched,
hood latch