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glom onto

glom onto verb: to attach oneself to.

Verb

glom onto (third-person singular simple present gloms onto, present participle glomming onto, simple past and past participle glommed onto)

  1. (slang, transitive) To attach oneself to.
    • So is the argument that all that social good justifies Evan’s manipulative means? Or is the film critiquing the way we all glom onto strangers’ tragedies in order to make ourselves feel like we’re part of something?2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club
  2. (slang, transitive) To appropriate.

Forms of glom onto

third-person singular presentgloms onto
present participleglomming onto
past participleglommed onto
pastglommed onto
alternative formglomb onto
alternative formglomp onto

Questions about glom onto

What does glom onto mean?
Glom onto means to attach oneself to.
What part of speech is glom onto?
Glom onto is a verb.
What is the past tense of glom onto?
The past tense of glom onto is glommed onto.

Words near glom onto in the dictionary

  1. gloid
  2. gloids
  3. gloiospora
  4. glom
  5. glom on
  6. glom onto
  7. glomaceous
  8. glomalean
  9. glomaleans
  10. glomalin
  11. glomangioma

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