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What does cling on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cling on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To hold on very tightly; to grip hard
  2. (figuratively) To hold on tightly
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He will cling on to a remembrance of the good things he enjoyed at Celtic in the recent past, then.
I chose to read this edited collection piecemeal as I attempted to cling on board the whirligig of a new teaching year.
Marvellous resilience by the Killough travellers saw them cling on like leeches, brilliantly grinding out four winning games to record a superb victory.
I have to face these facts, so that I won't cling on to the deceit he spun around me.
They squeal, shiver and cling on to one another, complaining about the temperature.
The bird in the hand was worth even more when bushes were dangerous. Are humans, then, hardwired to cling on to their possessions?

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