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phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo understand something, often after a period of confusion.
He was very quick to latch onto the new ideas.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo attach oneself to someone or something; to cling to.
The baby monkey latched onto its mother.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo attach oneself to someone in order to exploit them.
The con artist latched onto the elderly woman.
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Why Is It Impossible To Make Another Good Jurassic Movie?
- In another attempt to latch onto what it thinks made the original important, "III" focuses on familial connections.
In another attempt to latch onto what it thinks made the original important, "III" focuses on familial connections.
- In another attempt to latch onto what it thinks made the original important, 3 focuses on familial connections.
In another attempt to latch onto what it thinks made the original important, 3 focuses on familial connections.
How to Study Effectively: 8 Advanced Tips - College Info Geek
- So if you don't really understand a problem or maybe there's one tiny little section that you wouldn't have gotten but your partner does, you're going to latch onto their answer.
So if you don't really understand a problem or maybe there's one tiny little section that you wouldn't have gotten but your partner does, you're going to latch onto their answer.
- going to latch onto their answer. You're going to say, "Yeah, I sort of get that," and you're
going to latch onto their answer. You're going to say, "Yeah, I sort of get that," and you're
How YOU can Travel Full Time & Make Money on Social Media - 10 Tips to become a Digital Nomad
- Make sure you give them a brand identity they can latch onto and want to support.
Make sure you give them a brand identity they can latch onto and want to support.
- they can latch onto and want to support,
they can latch onto and want to support,
HBO's "Silicon Valley" | Talks at Google
- But it's been nice to kind of latch onto that and see this sort of interplay between the characters in terms of what this sort of dynamite stick being thrown into the group has been.
But it's been nice to kind of latch onto that and see this sort of interplay between the characters in terms of what this sort of dynamite stick being thrown into the group has been.
- But it's been nice to latch onto that
But it's been nice to latch onto that
How Feeling Lonely Can Lead to Addiction
- All alone, just wanting the days to go by, you, the rat, inevitably latch onto the morphine.
All alone, just wanting the days to go by, you, the rat, inevitably latch onto the morphine.
- All alone, just wanting the days to go by, you, the rat, inevitably latch onto the morphine.
All alone, just wanting the days to go by, you, the rat, inevitably latch onto the morphine.
Crispy Onion Rings Recipe - How to Make Crispy Onion Rings
- enoughs going to stick on there to latch onto these panko breadcrumbs these
enoughs going to stick on there to latch onto these panko breadcrumbs these
- but enough's going to stick on there to latch onto these panko breadcrumbs, these sharp, incredibly crispy breadcrumbs.
but enough's going to stick on there to latch onto these panko breadcrumbs, these sharp, incredibly crispy breadcrumbs.
15 Worst Jobs Ever
- Number 9 - The Leech Collector, a job that continued into the late 19th century to collect leeches so they can latch onto a medical patient and withdraw small amounts of blood for therapeutic reasons.
Number 9 - The Leech Collector, a job that continued into the late 19th century to collect leeches so they can latch onto a medical patient and withdraw small amounts of blood for therapeutic reasons.
- Leech gatherers were forced to wade through dense, leech-filled areas and allow them to latch onto their legs and suck, losing tremendous amounts of blood for musely pay.
Leech gatherers were forced to wade through dense, leech-filled areas and allow them to latch onto their legs and suck, losing tremendous amounts of blood for musely pay.
Clip: The Deleted Character from Hoppers | The Pixar Show
- I think you—I latched—had to latch onto something.
I think you—I latched—had to latch onto something.
- Like, during the—especially during the pandemic, I think you—I latched—had to latch onto something.
Like, during the—especially during the pandemic, I think you—I latched—had to latch onto something.
The Pixar Show: HOPPERS | Exclusive Short Film + "Hoppers" was almost about WHAT?!
- Like, during the—especially during the pandemic, I think I latched—had to latch onto something.
Like, during the—especially during the pandemic, I think I latched—had to latch onto something.
- I think I had to latch onto something, you know, I need something.
I think I had to latch onto something, you know, I need something.
8 Types of Love You Will Experience in this Lifetime
- So they often latch onto their partner, which usually creates a codependent relationship.
So they often latch onto their partner, which usually creates a codependent relationship.
- So they often latch onto their partner, which usually creates a codependent relationship.
So they often latch onto their partner, which usually creates a codependent relationship.