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Meanings of hug the wall in English

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Usage of hug the wall in English
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A voice startlingly close made them hug the wall.
The Third Man
2
Ninde stood up and stepped out diagonally from the tunnel to hug the wall of the Main Junction pool.
Shade's children
3
Holding one to parry high and the other low, he slipped round one jamb to hug the wall just inside.
Dancer’s Lament
4
The next instant we were advancing slowly and noiselessly, hugging the wall.
Under the Andes
5
They both nodded as I hugged the wall to let them by.
All together dead
6
He inched closer, hugging the walls of the mud and wood cottage.
The spurned viscountess
7
Wolf had been staying close, hugging the wall that Ayla was following.
The Land of Painted Caves
8
The sophomores uttered the cry as they hugged the wall on the inside.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
9
People remained hugging the walls for rather a long time after their passage.
The Irish Times
10
A circular stone stairway hugging the wall started on her right.
Night of Knives
11
Hugging the wall, Vail worked his way over to the door.
The bricklayer
12
He hugged the wall as he moved to the front of the building.
Mutated
13
Carefully, swiftly they moved up the cañon, always hugging the wall.
The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
14
Beautiful calligraphic scrolls hugged the walls, and the furniture smelled of pine wood.
Chef
15
Now he was on the landing, hugging the wall on the side opposite Billie.
The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz / Or, Upholding...
16
I step toward it, hugging the wall for cover, canting my barrel into space.
Back on murder
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