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
Both terms in one sentence
- But the worst part is that if you don't get away, they will cling to you, and stick you in place, dealing their damage, while opening you up to attacks from Wizards.
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This is on its way to becoming a Discredited Trope with the recent rash of cyberbullying and bullying-related suicides making news, but it only makes the few works that cling to this misconception stick out like a sore thumb.
Source: Barbaric Bully
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