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Meaning of glom onto | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To attach oneself to.
    slang, transitive
  2. To appropriate.
    slang, transitive

Examples

“So is the argument that all that social good justifies Evan’s manipulative means? Or is the film critiquing the way we all glom onto strangers’ tragedies in order to make ourselves feel like we’re part of something?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

glombed glombed on glombed onto glombing glombing on glombing onto

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