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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At that point the decision was made to part ways with Buehler, and the club opted to release him in hopes of giving him enough time to latch on with a new team.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The fish latched on at the surface, in plain sight.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Ludmila tied it in the 81st by latching on to a long ball and stabbing a low shot past Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy.
—Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Trump latched on to those concerns in an August 7 post demanding that Tan resign.
—Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The fish latched on at the surface, in plain sight.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Ludmila tied it in the 81st by latching on to a long ball and stabbing a low shot past Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy.
—Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Trump latched on to those concerns in an August 7 post demanding that Tan resign.
—Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for latch on
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“Latch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latch%20on. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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