latch onto

[ lach ]

SEE DEFINITION OF latch onto

as inabsorb
as inattach
as inattach
as inattain
as inacquire
as inpreoccupy
as insubjoin

Synonyms for latch onto

assimilate
follow
get
incorporate
learn
take in
understand
comprehend
digest
grasp
sense
get into
soak up

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Antonyms for latch onto

miss
misunderstand
disperse
dissipate
distract
eject
emit
exude
not get
spew
vomit

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English læccan "to grasp or seize," from Proto-Germanic *lakkijanan. Not found in other Germanic languages; probably from PIE *(s)lagw- "to seize" (see analemma). In its original sense the verb was paralleled in Middle English and then replaced by French import catch (v.). Meaning "to fasten with a latch" is mid-15c. Related: Latched; latching.