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Meanings of latch on in English
Synonyms
Examples for "take up"
Examples for "take up"
1
Employees can take up to seven days volunteering time off per year.
2
Political leaders need to take up the fight against homophobia and discrimination.
3
That is the case the Supreme Court will take up this year.
4
For example, young people may take up smoking if exposed to e-cigarettes.
5
We think it could even take up to a year, he said.
1
Peripherally, I saw her reach back and fasten on the officiator's wrist.
2
Every moment they seemed to be about to fasten on our faces.
3
Don't fret yourself; I'll fasten on to that before the war ends.
4
What passionately curious eyes did she now fasten on his prospective bride!
5
We should beware of the nature of the reveries that fasten on us.
1
Neither does it mean a hook on the end of the rod.
2
He rose and took a bathrobe from a hook on the door.
3
Two lines were thrown, each with a grappling hook on the end.
4
Troops can hook on a pint-sized gripper arm, with a rotating shoulder.
5
I took my Super Soaker down from its hook on the wall.
1
However, Melrose was not the only company to seize on the opportunity.
2
Perhaps, in the UK, Trump brings opportunities that we should seize on.
3
Nevertheless, he said Democrats would seize on the scandal to boost fund-raising.
4
Russia would seize on any paralysis to try to raise the bar.
5
I should have known she'd seize on that, so I kept talking.
Usage of latch on in English
1
Bush stepped past her and snapped the latch on the office door.
2
Pete's left hand drifted down to the latch on the safety belt.
3
It finds things it can latch on to and multiplies the threat.
4
He slid the latch on the cell door across and stepped inside.
5
As I lifted the latch on the gate he opened his trap.
6
The door had a simple latch on it, no lock at all.
7
It had a brass latch on the front, holding the lid shut.
8
Forced to latch on to gossip-asif it will ever do any good.
9
The door of the cabin was fastened by a latch on the inside.
10
I think people do latch on to the thing that brings them joy.
11
Ratboy must have used it to trip the latch on the common-room window.
12
And with a headline-sensitive market, there is nothing tangible to latch on to.
13
I hope that there is something here for you to latch on to.
14
Just a latch on the trigger, already compressed by the cop's meaty forefinger.
15
Jesus, Del, you can't just latch on to some religious quack.
16
Then he reached up and unfastened the latch on Patu's harness.
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Translations for latch on
Portuguese
Spanish
Latch on through the time
Latch on across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common