clamber onto

clamber onto (something)

To climb onto something in a lumbering or uncoordinated manner. The bus swayed as the boys clambered onto it, whooping and laughing.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clamber onto something

 and clamber in (to something); clamber on
to climb onto something clumsily. The kids clambered onto the tractor and tried to start it. The wagon stopped and the kids clambered on. All the campers clambered into the bus.
See also: clamber
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • clamber onto (something)
  • load onto
  • tighten (something) onto (something else)
  • cabbage onto (someone or something)
  • hang onto (someone or something)
  • stitch (something) onto (something else)
  • stitch onto
  • run onto
  • run onto (something)
  • pour out onto (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
In the early afternoon, tensions rose as some protesters attempted to clamber onto military vehicles, leading the Army to fire shots into the air.
But he somehow managed to evade police and clamber onto a Jet Ski.
They clamber onto the banks, bask in the sun, sleep and crawl through grass along the same paths where cattle graze and people, including children, walk.
However, it's not all doom and gloom for those seeking to clamber onto the first rung of the property ladder.
Some small children sat on their father's shoulders for a better view of the parade while other parents lifted their young children to clamber onto nearby billboard platforms.
FIREFIGHTERS had to clamber onto a factory roof after sparks from machinery were found smouldering in the roof beams.
It arguably becomes real news when the institutions of the state clamber onto the bandwagon.
Instead, you're now able to use parkour skills to clamber onto roofs, out of reach of most of the shambling foes.
No, not the Dry January one - I was No, not the Dry January one - I was never on that, that other one everyone never on that, that other one everyone seems to try to clamber onto at this time seems to try to clamber onto at this time of year, the exercise bandwagon.
"For some reason, the Government doesn't see any contradiction in their attempts to get people onto the property ladder and heavily taxing them as they clamber onto the first rung.
Initally 15th for the start, Mercedes announced the gearbox change and subsequent penalty on Sunday morning ahead of the race, leaving him down in 20th and with a mountain to climb to even clamber onto the podium.
They had managed to clamber onto rocks and coral reefs and were saved in a dramatic rescue.
"I just want to settle down without all this aggravation." To make matters worse, mischievous youths have started to use scaffolding, erected weeks ago for roof repairs, to clamber onto the roofs of the bungalows during the night.
Some had to clamber onto neighbours' roofs to direct jets of water at the flames.
Fans clamber onto the Lady Godiva clock in Broadgate to get the best view