Wiktionary
alt. (context idiomatic transitive English) To obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something. vb. (context idiomatic transitive English) To obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.
Usage examples of "latch onto".
Burrich had told me stories about rat dogs that would latch onto a bull's nose and hang there no matter what the bull did.
You latch onto her, then you be the nice lad and you go over there and work for her papa, and you work hard.
They're cranking up their RMS to latch onto us and pull us up to the port.
They shove their long furry fingers into the midst of the disintegrating cloud and latch onto it somehow and carry it past Hiro, toward the exit.
In close proximity to humans, it uses tentacular, prehensile vines to entrap its prey while leechlike adaptations latch onto exposed skin and draw fatal quantities of blood.
But a steamer doesn't have that much energy, and I tried to latch onto the point source that I thought was a laser rifle.
They watched the crew of the small boat latch onto it and work there for several minutes.
There is mad grief in Vittori Santorini's gaze and hatred in the clawed fingers that shove Gust Ordwyn aside and latch onto the podium.
Two of them were thrown aside as if they were no more than a child's stuffed toy, but the rest managed to latch onto a leg or a portion of the thing's body.
Step by step she expected the things to bite her heels, latch onto her, and drag her down.