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

As Democrats hope to flip the House in November, Republicans will latch on to the party's turn to the left, use it to shore up their base, and maybe pick up some votes from moderate Democrats. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Fans latched on too, humming the tune, playing the video — of players and supporters soaking up the scene — on repeat ever since. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 24 June 2026

But before Revolution Medicines, companies had struggled to find molecules that could latch on to and shut down a protein. — Jason Mast, STAT, 8 June 2026

Eager to mix up their routines, and drawn to the way the muscular Bruin looks in his He-Man outfit at the Halloween ball, Doane and Con latch on to the idea of a threesome. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026

Rhymes for latch on

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