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cling to someone or something

1. Lit. to hold on tight to someone or something. The child clung tightly to his mother. As she drifted in the sea, she clung to a floating log.

2. Fig. to hold onto the thought or memory of someone or something; to have a strong emotional attachment to or dependence on someone or something. Her immigrant parents clung to the old ways. Harold clung to the memory of his grandmother.

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In a poem he has to say that there is pride and rivalry between the cities of the earth, and that "the men that breed from them, they traffic up and down, but cling to their cities' hem as a child to the mother's gown. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context With head on fire, I retraced my way to the gallery, and without having found anything more than I had seen on the previous night, the right hold I had taken of my reason drew me to something so important that I was obliged to cling to it to save myself from falling. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context Not only do we know this ourselves, but Christ, the Son of God, came down to earth and told us that this life is but for a moment and is a probation; yet we cling to it and think to find happiness in it. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			clear the air clear the decks clear the table clear the way Clear the way! clear throat clear up clear with clear-cut clear-eyed cleave to clever click with climax climb climb down climb on climb on high horse climb out climb the wall climb up climbing the walls cling cling on on by fingernails cling on on by your fingertips cling to cling together clip clip from clip on clip out of clip wings cloak cloak in secrecy cloak-and-dagger clock clock at clock in clock out clock up clock-watcher clockwork clog clog up clog with close close a deal close a sale close around close as two coats of paint close at hand			Clindamycin phosphate clindamycin-associated colitis Clindets Cline Cline Cline (population genetics) Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design Cline Consulting and Training Solutions, LLC Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint Cline Mining Corporation Cline, Howard Francis Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy Clines Clines cling cling cling cling film cling hang on by fingernails cling hang on by your fingertips cling on cling on cling on on by fingernails cling on on by your fingertips cling peach cling peach cling peaches cling peaches cling tenaciously cling to cling together Cling wrap clingage Clingendael European Studies Programme Clingendael International Energy Programme clinger clinger clinger Clinger-Cohen Act clingers clingers clingfilm clingfish clingfish clingfishes Clingflim clingier clingiest clinginess clinging clinging clinging clinging on clinging on clinging vine Clingman's Dome Clingman's Dome Clingmans Dome Clingmans Dome Clingon

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