Usually means: Attach oneself to something eagerly.
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  1. glom onto: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. glom onto: Wiktionary
  3. glom onto: Dictionary.com
  4. glom onto: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ verb:  (slang, transitive) To attach oneself to.
▸ verb:  (slang, transitive) To appropriate.

Similar:
glom on, glom, latch on, glue, attach, adhere, affectionate, grow, accede, rope up, more...

Opposite:
release, let go, relinquish, detach

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Similar:
glom on, glom, latch on, glue, attach, adhere, affectionate, grow, accede, rope up, more...

Opposite:
release, let go, relinquish, detach



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