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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs