to clinch
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5.1
- verb
- /klɪnʧ/
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- Shout out to UCLA for finally beating USC 38-28 and clinching the Pac-12 South.
- clinch the matter
- clinch the point
- clinch the case
Yeah, with the Lions losing that game, the Niners clinched the one seed.
- Yeah, with the Lions losing that game, the Niners clinched the one seed.
- If the Lions lose tonight against the Niners, do the Vikings then clinch the one seed?
- Whatever Trump does Sunday night, remember he thinks he's winning and needs just one more good one to clinch it.
- And then the other thing that really clinches it is this doctrine that is so wild that it gets called the Stoic paradox.
- Perhaps this final act was meant to clinch a lifetime's argument that nothing comes through violence and nothing ever could.
- Unassailable argument clinching rejoinder from the rostrum.
- I haven't quite clinched that moment of well, you have set.
Examples
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The adviser can help open doors or try to clinch the deal.
Academic text (2009) -
One more point and they clinch the championship.
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I need to clinch this account.
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That ought to clinch it.
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He could clinch the world title the following week in Australia.
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The Crawdads won the first half of the Northern Division to clinch a playoff spot.
Blog text (6) -
If the Lions lose tonight against the Niners, do the Vikings then clinch the one seed?
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Samson and his team have clinched the title!
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Aggies got a key 4th down stop and won 48-41, clinching the WAC title.
Blog text (13) -
After a tough negotiation, they managed to clinch the deal at the last minute.
Synonyms
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3.3
To end an argument by agreement or decision
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4.7
To reach an agreement or a fair balance
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3.5
Make an agreement after talking, often in business or politics
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3.9
To make a formal agreement with others
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3.0
Decide together after talking about the terms
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4.2
To talk about something in detail until people reach an agreement
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4.0
Make an agreement official by accepting its final terms
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4.1
To reach an agreement with someone to end a dispute
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3.3
Finish the last small details to complete something
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3.4
To agree with someone after talking about the details
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3.5
To complete the steps to make a business agreement official
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A fishing knot where the line end goes outside the loop before pulling tight
How Final
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clinch grew from the idea of 'closing' or 'making sure', similar to fastening something shut. So when you clinch a deal or a victory you 'close' it finally and make it secure.