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latches onto

latches onto is the third-person singular simple present indicative of latch onto.

Meaning of latch onto

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.
    • They latched onto the idea and gave it up only reluctantly.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To approach or stay close to someone, especially in a manner perceived as bothersome.
    • He was looking for someone to talk to and latched onto me for some reason.

Questions about latches onto

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

Words near latches onto in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latches onto (page history and authors); latch onto (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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