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cling to
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Princeton's WordNet
cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutchverb
hold firmly, usually with one's hands
"She clutched my arm when she got scared"
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cling to
To cling to generally refers to holding onto something tightly, either physically or metaphorically. This could mean having a strong emotional attachment or a firm belief in something. It could also mean sticking close to a particular position, person, or thing.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cling to in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cling to in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of cling to in a Sentence
Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.
Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough, and it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
The public market is not appreciating Kohl's in its current form, there is no excuse for the Board to cling to the status quo.
Don Juan Matus, The Second Ring Of Power by Carlos Castaneda:
When one has nothing left to lose one becomes courageous. We are timid only when we have something left to cling to.
It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them.
Translations for cling to
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- تتشبثArabic
- melekatIndonesian
- 堅持Chinese
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