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glomming onto

glomming onto is the present participle and gerund 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 glomming onto

What is glomming onto the present participle and gerund of?
Glomming onto is the present participle and gerund of glom onto.

Words near glomming onto in the dictionary

  1. glommed onto
  2. glommer
  3. glommers
  4. glomming
  5. glomming on
  6. glomming onto
  7. glomp
  8. glomp on
  9. glomp onto
  10. glomped
  11. glomped on

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