latch on

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.

Examples of latch on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With time running out for the hosts, Simonsson latches on to a neat through ball from Gunnar Gren and clips a finish beyond Gilmar. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, a recent college graduate who gains superpowers when an alien scarab latches on to him. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 July 2026

The robot inspects nearby infrastructure on its own schedule, then finds its way back to the station, latches on, recharges inductively, and offloads its data, all without a ship or a crew anywhere nearby. — New Atlas, 5 July 2026

Another tick will latch on, and your immune system will reignite. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Rhymes for latch on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon