freeze (on)to (something)

freeze (on)to (something)

To adhere to something through the act of freezing. Is it true that my tongue could freeze to a telephone pole in this cold weather?
See also: freeze
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

freeze (on)to something

[for something] to touch something very cold and freeze hard and fast to it. My hand froze to the railing. The branch froze onto the side of the house.
See also: freeze
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • freeze to
  • froze
  • frozen
  • freeze on
  • a freeze on (something)
  • brass monkeys
  • freeze (one's) wages
  • freeze wages
  • wage
  • put the freeze on (someone or something)