Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively, sometimes)To hold on tightly; to grip hard or adhere.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. People cling on to life more than anything - a funny idea, given all the beautiful things that exist in the world.

    FeuDRenais · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Tom, aware that he would soon have to board the train to Boston, had passionately clung to Mary on the station platform.

    deEingedenk, dass er bald in den Zug nach Boston würde steigen müssen, hatte Tom auf dem Bahnsteig leidenschaftlich Maria umklammert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    Objectivesea · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

clings on, clinging on, clung on, clung on
Base formcling on · to cling on
3rd person singularclings on
Present participleclinging on
Past simpleclung on
Past participleclung on

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycling on
he, she, itclings on

Past simpleLesson

all personsclung on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clung on
he, she, ithas clung on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cling on

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcling-on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clinchC2clingclinicB1clinicalC1
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