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LEECH ONTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leech onto mean?
• LEECH ONTO (verb)
The verb LEECH ONTO has 1 sense:
1. admire boundlessly and follow around
Familiarity information: LEECH ONTO used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Admire boundlessly and follow around
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the groupies leeched onto the rock star
Hypernyms (to "leech onto" is one way to...):
attach (be attached; be in contact with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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