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for latch on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
latch on
v 1: take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the
genes"
2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: take up, latch on,
fasten on, hook on, seize on]
3: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
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