cling

/klɪŋ/ verb [I] (past tense and past participle clung)

Translation

HOLD TIGHT › to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you are frightened

korkudan birine/birşeye sıkı sıkıya yapışmak, tutunmak

She was found clinging to the ledge. I clung on to his hand in the dark.791

STICK › to stick to something

tutunmak, yapışmak

His damp hair clung to his forehead.791

cling (on) to sth phrasal verb

› to try very hard to keep something

bir şeyi tutmaya çalışmak, sıkı sıkıya yapışmak

He clung on to power for ten more years.789

cling to sth phrasal verb

› to refuse to stop believing or hoping for something

bir inanca/umuda sıkı sıkıya yapışmak, sarılmak

He clung to the belief that his family were alive.982

(Definition of cling verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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