单词 | throttlehold |
释义 | > as lemmasthrottlehold throttlehold n. an extremely tight grip; spec. one around the neck that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough; (frequently (and in earliest use) figurative) complete or overwhelming control over a person, situation, etc.; now chiefly with on.Cf. stranglehold n. 1. ΚΠ 1876 Brownstown (Indiana) Banner 23 Mar. Bondholders and capitalists..can well afford to clamor for a speedy return to specie payments, for it will but give them a tighter throttle-hold of those whom necessity has made their creditors. 1897 Daily Leader (Bloomington, Illinois) 27 Jan. 6/2 He [sc. the wrestler] gained the name of ‘Strangler’ from a peculiar throttle hold which he invented. 1921 Cornell Countryman May 446/1 These bankers have got a throttle hold on business. 1967 Canberra Times 9 Sept. 1/ Many police used restraint holds on marchers, but others used throttle holds, headlocks and half-nelsons. 2012 M. Brake Alien Life Imagined (2013) ii. 48 The Turkish throttlehold on eastern trade raised the compelling idea of venturing into the Indian Ocean by some way other than the Red Sea. < as lemmas |
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