Cling to
Cling to verb - To give steadfast support to.
Usage example: continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion
Keep to
Mutual synonyms
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Keep to and Cling to. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cling_to/keep_to
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