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Meanings of latched in English

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Usage of latched in English
1
Detective Heat latched onto the opportunity and flipped the subject without comment.
Heat Wave
2
Vice is just the most recent media crew McAfee has latched onto.
Wired
3
Doubtless it would be covered with tin; fairly impregnable if latched below.
The Drums of Jeopardy
4
After several seconds the child stopped crying and latched onto the nipple.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
5
Then he cautiously left the house and latched the door behind him.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
6
Having latched it, she sat down on the edge of the bunk.
The Wrong Woman
7
Then I made sure my window was latched and pulled the curtain.
Outpost
8
Silverman held out his hand, and she latched on to him, too.
Colorado abduction
9
I bouldered up, latched the heinous left-hand crimp and set my feet.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
Internal bars and bolts, operated by smoothly oiled mechanisms, automatically latched themselves.
The dog said bow-wow
11
Jayjay flailed in the air, then latched on to a glass strut.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
12
He closed her door after him, and this time he latched it.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
13
He staggered, latched onto one of the lampposts, and rested against it.
The hunchback assignments
14
She closed and latched the door behind them and stood before it.
Assail
15
Beyond the latched door at her back, the wind keened and shrieked.
Swan Song
16
The team latched onto this and used it when Elliot gets angry.
Wired
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Latched across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common