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Latch on

verb

Take hold of or attach to.

Adopt. Synonyms: fasten on, hook on, seize on, take up.

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty. Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, tumble, twig.

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"Latch on" Quotes from Famous Books

... when thus dreaming, he was just about to pull a mouthful of tail feathers out of Parson Higgins' pet rooster when the latch on the front gate clicked. Zip was awake in a minute, sitting up on the cushion with ears sticking straight up and every nerve alert to see who was coming in ...

— Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier • Frances Trego Montgomery

... though it had been empty for a quarter of a century. It was strongly built of logs, and the chinks between the logs were filled with mud that had hardened like plaster. There were no windows in the cabin, except in the eaves. The heavy door was half open, but it had an old-fashioned wooden latch on the outside. ...

— Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid • Amy D. V. Chalmers

... firm gravel made him guiltily afraid; and it was not without some moral effort that he, a king in his own domain, kept himself from stepping back secretively to the turfed edge. Suppressing the inclination, he proceeded at a smart pace, and coming presently to the door with a slip-latch on its inner side he opened it ...

— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman

... this house is not safe at all; and, if Monseigneur will permit me, I will go on and tell the locksmith to come and put the old bolts in the door again. I say, than a door which opens by a latch on the outside to the first comer, nothing could be more horrible; and then Monseigneur has the habit of always saying: 'Come in,' even at midnight. But, my goodness, there is no need to ...

— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty

... sufficed for all five to instantly get out of the car and lift the latch on the gate. The girl never budged from her perch, but permitted the visitors to swing her back as the gate ...

— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy