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glommed onto

glommed onto is the simple past and past participle of glom onto.

Meaning of glom onto

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.

Questions about glommed onto

What is glommed onto the simple past and past participle of?
Glommed onto is the simple past and past participle of glom onto.

Words near glommed onto in the dictionary

  1. glomes
  2. glomic
  3. gloming
  4. glommed
  5. glommed on
  6. glommed onto
  7. glommer
  8. glommers
  9. glomming
  10. glomming on
  11. glomming onto

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