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cling to

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to hold firmly, usually with one's hands

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Variants

synonym
clutch
pasttense
clinged to
presentparticiple
clinging to
thirdpersonsingular
clings to
pastparticiple
clinged to

Framework definitions

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to hold firmly, usually with one's hands

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