Synonyms for glom onto
- take over
- annex
- appropriate
- arrogate
- borrow
- commandeer
- confiscate
- expropriate
- grab
- hijack
- liberate
- preempt
- seize
- snatch
- swipe
- usurp
- clap hands on
- get fingers on
- get hands on
- grab hold of
- kipe
- moonlight requisition
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Antonyms for glom onto
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WORD ORIGIN
1907, glahm "grab, snatch, steal," American English underworld slang, from Scottish glaum (1715), apparently from Gaelic glam "to handle awkwardly, grab voraciously, devour." Sense of "look at, watch" (1945) apparently is derived from the same source. Related: Glommed; glomming.
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