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latched on

latched on is the simple past and past participle of latch on.

Meaning of latch on

Verb

latch on (third-person singular simple present latches on, present participle latching on, simple past and past participle latched on)

  1. To grasp firmly; to become attached to.
    • "She'll latch on quick when she remembers. It'll impress the customers. And open up the American market."2006, Ariana Franklin, City of Shadows, page 68
  2. To begin to understand something.

Questions about latched on

What is latched on the simple past and past participle of?
Latched on is the simple past and past participle of latch on.

Words near latched on in the dictionary

  1. latch-ups
  2. latchable
  3. latchbolt
  4. latchbolts
  5. latched
  6. latched on
  7. latched onto
  8. latcher
  9. latchers
  10. latches
  11. latches on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latched on (page history and authors); latch on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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