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on the latch

on the latch prepositional phrase: closed but not locked, so that it can be opened by operating the latch.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Closed but not locked, so that it can be opened by operating the latch.

Questions about on the latch

What does on the latch mean?
On the latch means closed but not locked, so that it can be opened by operating the latch.
What part of speech is on the latch?
On the latch is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the latch in the dictionary

  1. on the knocker
  2. on the ladder
  3. on the lam
  4. on the lamb
  5. on the lash
  6. on the latch
  7. on the level
  8. on the line
  9. on the lines of
  10. on the lookout
  11. on the loose

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