latches onto
Refuses to release
To latch onto something is to grab hold of it firmly, like a latch securing a door.
The phrase usually describes attachment that's persistent or hard to shake: a child latches onto a parent's leg, a reporter latches onto a scandal, an idea latches onto the public imagination.
Once she latches onto a theory, she won't let it go.
The connotation often suggests the attachment is unwelcome or obsessive.
- obsessDwell on compulsively
- fixateFocus obsessively on
- gripSecure manual hold
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- fastenFix securely in position
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