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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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But the horse broke into a canter and despite Rachel's attempts to cling on, she slid off, fracturing her skull.
He will cling on to a remembrance of the good things he enjoyed at Celtic in the recent past, then.
It is to be anticipated that some monopolies will try every trick in the book to cling on to their competitive edge.
I chose to read this edited collection piecemeal as I attempted to cling on board the whirligig of a new teaching year.
Scared of progress and acceptance, they cling on to the notion that comedy achieved its apex twenty years ago, from whenever now is.
Sarcasm raises its ugly head between all your sacred rites and ceremonies, but you cling on to your methodical insanities.

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