LATCH ON

• (verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty

  "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

  synonyms : catch on , cotton on , get it , get onto , get wise , tumble , twig

• (verb) adopt

  "take up new ideas"

  synonyms : fasten on , hook on , seize on , take up

• (verb) take hold of or attach to

  "The biochip latches onto the genes"

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