verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

latch on

latch on · latches on · latched on · latching on

erfassen, festhalten, ergreifen, fassen

To grasp firmly; to become attached toTo grasp firmly; to become attached to.

» There was only a flimsy latch on the gate.

Meaning

2 senses

To grasp firmly; to become attached to.
festhalten, ergreifen, fassen
To begin to understand something.
understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Examples

4 sentences

There was only a flimsy latch on the gate.
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He really did latch on to her quickly.
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Can you fix the latch on my front door?
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It took me a while to latch on to what he was talking about.
deEs dauerte eine Weile, bis ich kapiert hatte, wovon er da sprach.
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Translations

1 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to grasp; to become attached to:

to grasp; to understand:

Forms

latches on, latching on, latched on, latched on

Base form	latch on · to latch on
3rd person singular	latches on
Present participle	latching on
Past simple	latched on
Past participle	latched on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	latch on
he, she, it	latches on

Past simpleLesson

all persons

latched on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have latched on
he, she, it	has latched on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will latch on

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Close in meaning

adopt:take up fasten on hook on seize on
understand, usually after some initial difficulty:catch on get wise get onto tumble cotton on twig get it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb