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.

Examples of latch on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Reagan latched on to something deep in the national psyche—a need for absolution, perhaps, strongly felt in the dour nineteen-seventies. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 The ultimate aim is to release a fleet of these robots in Antarctica, which will latch on to the ice and capture data over long periods in one of the most inaccessible places on Earth. Laura Paddison, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 These holds compress the breast like a sandwich so the baby has something to latch on to. Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 29 July 2024 With imatinib latched on, the ATP site is blocked, preventing BCR-ABL from binding ATP and activating the downstream pathways. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024 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 20 Sep. 2024.

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