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latches on

latches on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 latches on

What is latches on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Latches on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of latch on.

Words near latches on in the dictionary

  1. latched on
  2. latched onto
  3. latcher
  4. latchers
  5. latches
  6. latches on
  7. latches onto
  8. latchet
  9. latcheth
  10. latchets
  11. Latchford

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latches 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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