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a greased pole. Two Japanese teams have climbed Mount Everest. 2
creep, trail, twine; grow: The ivy has climbed all over the
garden wall. 3 rise, arise, ascend, go up, mount; advance:
Watch the smoke climb into the sky. 4 climb along. creep, edge,
clamber, crawl, inch: The cat burglar climbed along the ledge
till he reached the window. 5 climb down. a descend, go down:
We shall need a rope to climb down from here. b Usually, climb
down from. retreat (from), withdraw (from), back away (from),
give up, abandon, renounce: He has climbed down from his
earlier position regarding women in the priesthood.
--n. 6 grade, incline, route, pitch; ascent; descent: It was a
steep climb to Camp Four.
clinch v. 1 secure, settle, confirm, determine, conclude, dispose of,
complete, wind up, finalize Colloq sew up: He clinched the
argument by resigning.
--n. 2 close quarters, hug, clasp, embrace; cuddle: The boxers
went into a clinch to regain their breath.
clincher n. finishing touch, pay-off, punch-line, coup de grƒce, final
or crowning blow: The point about saving costs proved to be a
clincher, and we were given the go-ahead.
cling v. 1 stick, adhere, attach, fasten, fix: The detectives found
that one of the victim's hairs had clung to the suspect's lapel.
2 favour, be or remain devoted or attached to, embrace, hang on
to, retain, keep, cherish: He still clung to his old-fashioned
notions of honour. 3 cling together or to one another. embrace,
hug, cleave to one another, clasp one another, clutch one
another, hold (fast) to one another, grasp one another: The
children clung together in the darkness.
clip° v. 1 clasp, fasten, fix, attach, hold, clinch; staple: Please
clip these papers together.
--n. 2 clasp, fastener: That clip isn't strong enough to hold
all these papers.
clipý v. 1 trim (off), lop (off), cut (off), crop, bob, snip: The
barber clipped my hair short. Roger has clipped two seconds off
the record. 2 shorten, reduce, abbreviate, diminish, cut