s'accrocher

Ils s'accrochèrent fermement à leurs convictions.
They held firm to their convictions.
Au lieu de ça, les dirigeants s'accrochèrent à l'idée que le socialisme est un système parfait, et la Stasi devait le confirmer, bien sûr.
Instead, the leadership stuck to the belief that socialism is a perfect system, and the Stasi had to confirm that, of course.
C'est ce qu'il advint aux monarques qui s'accrochèrent à l'Evangile.
This is what happened to the monarchs that held fast unto the Gospel.
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