SINCE 1828
cleave to
phrasal verbDefinition of cleave to
formal + literary
1
: to stay very close to (someone)
children cleaving to their families
2
: to stick closely to (something)
—usually used figuratively He continued to cleave to the beliefs of his childhood.
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