latch on

Verb latch on has 3 senses

• latch on(v = verb.contact) Array - take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes"
is one way to grasp, hold on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• latch on(v = verb.cognition) fasten on, hook on, seize on, take up - adopt; "take up new ideas"
is one way to adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

• latch on(v = verb.cognition) catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, tumble, twig - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
is one way to apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP