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latch on
verb
1. take hold of or attach to
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The biochip latches onto the genes

• Hypernyms: ↑grasp, ↑hold on
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. adopt
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take up new ideas

• Syn: ↑take up, ↑fasten on, ↑hook on, ↑seize on
• Hypernyms: ↑espouse, ↑embrace, ↑adopt, ↑sweep up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s something

 (for: ↑take up)
3. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
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She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

• Syn:
↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑get it
• Hypernyms:
↑grok, ↑get the picture, ↑comprehend, ↑savvy, ↑dig, ↑grasp, ↑compass, ↑apprehend
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s something

 (for: ↑get onto)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.