I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the click of a latch/door/lock etc
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The click of the latch told me Michele was back.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lift
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You could just lift the old-fashioned latch and walk in.
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In a moment he will lift the latch and kick the bottom of the door.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Put childproof latches on cabinet doors and drawers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A jammed hinge or latch can be freed with a penetrating oil such as Plus Gas.
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I can still remember the click of the latch as she shut the door behind her.
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Luce was studying them intently, when the click of the latch told her Michele was back.
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Please would you tell the Brigadier that one-five-one is the combination that unlocks the right-hand latch of a black crocodile briefcase.
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She glanced at John quickly and then leaned forward, slipped the latch , and pushed it open.
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Some have side-mounted pullout sections; park the vehicle, flip a few latches and presto, instant living room.
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The latch clanged loudly as the gate was pulled shut.
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You got just a little latch in there right.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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Well, the way to wealth and power is to latch on to this.
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Rangers continued to move forward and four minutes later Ferdinand latched on to a fine chip by Ian Holloway.
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Instead, we latch on to shortsighted, shallow solutions, like closing our borders and becoming isolationists.
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But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books.
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Many people tried to latch on to certain ideas with the first record.
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They latched on to walls and remained motionless.
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Hall gives a funny and moving account of the misfit schoolchild latching on to the new arrival.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even Starbucks has latched on to the trend, adding a drive-through window at a store last month.
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I don't think Conrad was latching on properly, but I must admit breastfeeding did confuse me.
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If your players don't latch on to such throwaways first time, too bad.
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Rangers continued to move forward and four minutes later Ferdinand latched on to a fine chip by Ian Holloway.
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Rule No. 1: Always latch your refrigerator before takeoff.
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She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it.