glom onto

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glom onto (third-person singular simple present gloms onto, present participle glomming onto, simple past and past participle glommed onto)

1. (slang, transitive) To attach oneself to.
   • 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     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?

2. (slang, transitive) To appropriate.

Related terms

• glom on

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• monoglot