cling to sth
— phrasal verb with cling uk/klɪŋ/us/klɪŋ/verb clung, clung
to refuse to stop believing or hoping for something:
She clings to the hope that her husband will come back to her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting things
- ache for sth
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- angle
- angle for sth
- aspirant
- burn
- fancy
- finger
- hanker after/for sth
- have your eye on sth idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for sth
- hungry
- shook
- sight
- sth is calling you idiom
- straw
- tempt
- think big idiom
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