Meaning of glom on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To attach oneself to something.
   intransitive, slang
2. To comprehend something.
   intransitive

Examples

“But as Siri’s many noted missteps attest, a computer really has no idea what you’re talking about. It breaks your speech down, gloms on to keywords and makes a good guess at what you’re asking.”

“Engineers began to glom on to the idea that properly laid crushed rock, interlocked in a particular way at the base of a road, could do much of what the metal reinforcement did — namely hold the structural integrity of the roadway but at a lower overall cost.”

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