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cleave to(
kliv
tu
)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
1. (literary) (to cling to)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. aferrarse a
I can't stand the sight of those poor refugee children cleaving to their mothers.No puedo soportar la imagen de esos pobres niños refugiados aferrados a sus madres.
a. aferrarse a
The left-wingers cleaved to their Marxist ideals.Los izquierdistas se aferraban a sus ideales marxistas.
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