cling (on) to sth
— phrasal verb with cling /klɪŋ/ verb (clung, clung)Definition
C2 to try very hard to keep something: He clung on to power for another ten years.Keeping and storing things
(Definition of cling (on) to sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appropriate verb (KEEP MONEY)
- aside adverb (TO ONE SIDE)
- bank noun (STORE)
- dump noun
- dump verb (GET RID OF)
- earmark verb
- enshrine verb
- hang onto sth phrasal verb
- lodge verb (STORE)
- maintain verb (CONTINUE TO HAVE)
- pack sth away phrasal verb (TIDY)
- put sth away phrasal verb (STORE)
- repository noun
- reserved adjective (KEPT)
- stockpile noun
- stockpile verb
- storage noun
- store noun (STH KEPT)
- store sth up phrasal verb
- trap verb
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