Usually means: Attach or connect firmly, quickly.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word latch on:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. latch on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. latch on: Merriam-Webster
  3. latch on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. latch on: Vocabulary.com
  5. latch on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. latch on: Wiktionary
  7. latch on: Dictionary.com
  8. latch on: Rhymezone
  9. latch on: FreeDictionary.org
  10. latch on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. latch on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. latch on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. latch on: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (latch on)

▸ verb:  To grasp firmly; to become attached to.

Similar:
catch on, seize on, take up, cotton on, tumble, get onto, get it, twig, fasten on, hook on, more...

Opposite:
release, let go, detach, unfasten

Types:
Velcro, zipper, button, drawstring, tie, clip, more...

Phrases:
latch on to, more...

Adjectives:
supported, lean, grippy, hold, sit-down, gripping, vice, pendent, sitting, gripple, sit-in

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Similar:
catch on, seize on, take up, cotton on, tumble, get onto, get it, twig, fasten on, hook on, more...

Opposite:
release, let go, detach, unfasten

Types:
Velcro, zipper, button, drawstring, tie, clip, more...

Phrases:
latch on to, more...

Adjectives:
supported, lean, grippy, hold, sit-down, gripping, vice, pendent, sitting, gripple, sit-in



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