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FASTEN ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adopt

Example:

take up new ideas

Synonyms:

fasten on; hook on; latch on; seize on; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "fasten on" is one way to...):

adopt; embrace; espouse; sweep up (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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