latch on
phrasal verb
latched on; latching on; latches on
British, informal
: to begin to understand something
What he was saying was complicated, so it took me a while to latch on.
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The trend is so pronounced that some tech investors have latched on to the idea of betting on EQT stock as a play on the long-term potential of AI, Rice said.
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Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
But existing antivaccine efforts that focused on childhood vaccines and targeted mainly parents also moved fast, latching on to the new vaccines.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
By opting out after a strong spring training, Smith might have a better chance of latching on to the 40-man roster of another team before the 2025 season officially begins.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Yoon’s conservative supporters have latched on to his arguments as well as his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, strongly echoing the dynamic between President Donald Trump and supporters who say he has been wrongly persecuted by a corrupt judicial system.
—Beomsu Jo, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
But existing antivaccine efforts that focused on childhood vaccines and targeted mainly parents also moved fast, latching on to the new vaccines.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
By opting out after a strong spring training, Smith might have a better chance of latching on to the 40-man roster of another team before the 2025 season officially begins.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Yoon’s conservative supporters have latched on to his arguments as well as his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, strongly echoing the dynamic between President Donald Trump and supporters who say he has been wrongly persecuted by a corrupt judicial system.
—Beomsu Jo, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Latch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latch%20on. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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