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il accrochait

was hanging up, used to hang up, was clinging to, was holding on to

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accroch to hang up, to attach + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #44,720
was hanging up, used to hang up In the corpus, this form is also used in the reflexive construction s'accrocher à, meaning “to cling to” or “to hold on to.”
FR: Il accrochait son manteau derrière la porte.
EN: He was hanging his coat behind the door.
was clinging to, was holding on to Used with the reflexive pronoun s': s'accrochait à.
FR: L'enfant s'accrochait à sa mère.
EN: The child was clinging to their mother.
Conjugation of accrocher
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third accrochait —

Elle accrochait son manteau derrière la porte.

She hung her coat behind the door.

Il s’accrochait au plat-bord de Northstar comme à sa vie.

He clung to the gunwale of the Northstar as if his life depended on it.

Cet enfant s'accrochait à sa mère.

This child clung to his mother.

Tom accrochait son manteau derrière la porte.

Tom hung his coat behind the door.

Lorsque Jane jouait au cheval avec son père, elle s'accrochait à lui fermement.

When Jane played horsey with her father, she held on to him tightly.

Il s'accrochait à l'espoir de la revoir un jour.

He clung to the hope of seeing her again someday.