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Meanings of latch on in English

Portuguese
entender
Catalan
comprendre
Spanish
comprender

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.

      entender
      Catalan
      fixar-se

      Adopt.

            fixar-se
            Usage of latch on in English
            1
            Bush stepped past her and snapped the latch on the office door.
            North of Fifty-Three
            2
            Pete's left hand drifted down to the latch on the safety belt.
            Rain gods
            3
            It finds things it can latch on to and multiplies the threat.
            The Guardian
            4
            He slid the latch on the cell door across and stepped inside.
            Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
            5
            As I lifted the latch on the gate he opened his trap.
            The Irish Times
            6
            The door had a simple latch on it, no lock at all.
            Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
            7
            It had a brass latch on the front, holding the lid shut.
            James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
            8
            Forced to latch on to gossip-asif it will ever do any good.
            Unraveled
            9
            The door of the cabin was fastened by a latch on the inside.
            Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
            10
            I think people do latch on to the thing that brings them joy.
            The Guardian
            11
            Ratboy must have used it to trip the latch on the common-room window.
            Dhampir
            12
            And with a headline-sensitive market, there is nothing tangible to latch on to.
            Reuters
            13
            I hope that there is something here for you to latch on to.
            Feminist dot com
            14
            Just a latch on the trigger, already compressed by the cop's meaty forefinger.
            Nothing to lose
            15
            Jesus, Del, you can't just latch on to some religious quack.
            Pandemonium
            16
            Then he reached up and unfastened the latch on Patu's harness.
            Earth Afire
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            Translations for latch on
            Portuguese
            entender
            Spanish
            comprender
            Latch on through the time
            Latch on across language varieties
            Ireland
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common