latch on, v.
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
catch on cotton on get it get onto get wise latch on tumble twig
sample sentences
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
adopt
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
fasten on hook on latch on seize on take up
sample sentences
"take up new ideas"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
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hypernym
take hold of or attach to
<verb.contact>
latch on
sample sentences
"The biochip latches onto the genes"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hypernym