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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attached itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has become connected or affixed to another object or entity, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The idea of sustainability has attached itself to our company’s mission, guiding our decisions and practices."
Alternatives: "affixed itself" or "clung to".
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No glamour attached itself to chickens.
Strategy seems to have attached itself, barnaclelike, to everything.
The baby attached itself to her internal organs.
The novel attached itself in other ways as well.
So Britain First has now attached itself to Ukip.
The nickname "Gunboats", which attached itself to her, seemed very apt.
With a cold sensation the card's thin transfer film attached itself.
Into the mix, another underdog cause attached itself to Gritty: the political left.
These people didn't join the Tea Party, the "Tea Party" term attached itself to them.
Ash killed planes; it attached itself to the turbine section of the engines.
By the seventeen-sixties, sympathy for debtors had attached itself to the patriot cause.
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