cling onto
Frequency: 8.216.0 per million words
To hold tightly to a surface or object.
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- She clung onto my arm as we navigated the crowded street.
- The shipwrecked sailor clung onto a piece of driftwood to survive.
- A baby koala clings onto its mother's back for the first few months.
- Despite the setbacks, he continued to cling onto the hope that she would recover.
- The politician is desperately clinging onto power, refusing to resign.
- The frightened child clung onto his father's leg and wouldn't let go.
- You can't cling onto the past forever; it's time to move on.
- The company is clinging onto an outdated business model, which is causing its decline.
- With his fingertips, the climber was barely clinging onto the rocky ledge.
- He tried to cling onto his youth by dyeing his hair and wearing trendy clothes.