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stranglehold
[ strang-guhl-hohld ]
noun
- Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- a restraining hold in which one person uses an arm to encircle the neck of another; a chokehold.
- any force or influence that restricts the free actions or development of a person or thing; a stifling grip:
to break the stranglehold of superstition.
stranglehold
/ ˈٰæŋɡəˌəʊ /
noun
- a wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arms are pressed against his opponent's windpipe See also Japanese stranglehold
- complete power or control over a person or situation
Word History and Origins
Origin of stranglehold1
Example Sentences
Yet it is no simple task - CCM has won every election since independence, and is unlikely to easily let go of its stranglehold on power.
Like the song’s music video, the live number ends with the Mistress reappearing and the two locking into an elaborately choreographed stranglehold.
When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.
And that means the stranglehold the Premier League's so-called 'big six' - the five teams above plus City - have had on the FA Cup in recent years could be broken.
It’s just pervasive in California, where Democrats’ complete stranglehold on our statewide leadership structure has been in place for a long time.
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