latch on

latch on

vb (intr, adverb; often foll by to) Informal

1. to attach oneself (to) to latch on to a new acquaintance

2. to understand he suddenly latched on to what they were up to

3. US and Canadian to obtain; get

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	latch on - take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes" grasp, hold on - hold firmly
	2.	latch on - adopt; "take up new ideas" fasten on, hook on, seize on, take up sweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
	3.	latch on - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, tumble apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

Translations

? latch on

vi (inf)

(= get hold) → sich festhalten; (with teeth) → sich festbeißen (→ to sth an etw dat); he latched on to the idea of coming with us → er hat es sich (dat) → in den Kopf gesetzt, mitzukommen

(= attach o.s.) → sich anschließen (→ to +dat); she latched on to me at the party → sie hängte sich auf der Party an mich (inf)

(= understand) → kapieren (inf)