cling to *
hold close
hold tight
clutch **

He put his large arms around her and held tight.

She tried to pull away, but for a moment he held tight.

She tried to pull away but the man held tight.

Just hold tight a minute, because I want to go up here and talk to the customers.

I wrapped my own arms around myself and held tight.

"Everyone hold tight, we're going to be moving quickly on this."

The girl, she drew against her chest and held tight.

Holding tight, I quickly slide her hand into my own.

"Hold tight, we'll seem to be coming in very close to them."

It did her no good: she was held tight by the throat.

"I guess now we hold tight and wait for the tsunami."

Chris had to hold tight to stay on her back.

They had to hold tight to keep them from blowing away.

Hold tight and try to catch me if I fall off.

This time, the twine has held so tight that there is very little blood at all.

We held tight and got away with giving up one first-round pick.

I told Benny to hold tight and hung up, trying not to sound too eager.

"I think we'll just have to hold tight and see what happens," Bob said.

"Now hold tight and take a deep breath," he ordered.

She held tight and took the woman with her.