If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly. Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank. [V + to/onto] She had to cling onto the door handle until the pain passed. [V to/onto n] They hugged each other, clinging together under the lights. [V + together] More @Wikipedia
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