attached to someone or something

attached to someone or something
attached to someone or something
1. Lit. connected to someone or something. •

The patient has a tube attached to his arm.

A little shelf is attached to the wall.

2. Fig. fond of someone or something. •

John is really attached to his old-fashioned ideas.

I'm really attached to my longtime girlfriend.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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