stranglehold
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld/
:
control férreo
- We need to go after the climate "villains" who have a stranglehold on progress.
- break the stranglehold
- stranglehold on the economy
- maintain a stranglehold
And that's how we, you know, maintain our stranglehold on this profession.
- And that's how we, you know, maintain our stranglehold on this profession.
- I mean, you've said the FDA has a stranglehold, I guess on this whole public health problem.
- So there's only four meat packing companies and and those companies have a stranglehold on farmers and consumers.
- It was a massive Nexus of trade paths coming in from, from all over the place that the Pottawatomie had had kind of a little stranglehold over.
- When you see Man United go under or they lose a stranglehold on the game, the the distinct lack of control in a game is actually really alarming.
- And it's always had a stranglehold in Argentina.
- Actually, I, I think narrative itself is a form that causes such a, a stranglehold on our freedom of thought.
- But he's got he's he's on Ukrainian territory unless he's evicted and he's got a stranglehold on their economy.
Examples
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The Saudi royal family has many reasons to worry about maintaining its continued stranglehold on domestic and regional politics.
Academic text (1994) -
The point is that they maintained their stranglehold on the market by tightly controlling distribution.
Blog text (4) -
And those companies have a stranglehold on farmers and consumers.
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The underlying question may be more interesting: Why does religion continue to have a stranglehold on U.S. politics?
Academic text (2011) -
Despite their efforts, they could not break the Forest Service's stranglehold on the watershed.
Academic text (1991) -
There has traditionally been no challenge to the elites' stranglehold over the economy.
Academic text (1998) -
The Democrats and Republicans have held a stranglehold on the American electorate for far too long.
Blog text (12) -
Large American pharmaceutical companies like Glaxo maintain a stranglehold on the lucrative addiction treatment market.
Blog text (9) -
Tonight, Dr. Meinheimer, as he looks up to the future, no doubt realizes how our dependence on foreign oil has put a stranglehold on the budget.
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The government's policies created a stranglehold on small businesses, limiting their ability to grow.
Synonyms
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4.2
Power that someone has over other people
102
4.7
To have power or control over other people
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8.6
A system that keeps people under control and stops them being free
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7.5
A situation that greatly limits freedom and progress
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8.0
A strong control that stops people or groups from acting freely
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A wrestling hold where a person's arms cross in front of their neck to press the throat
How Controlling
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6.4
17
8.0
81
5.1
∞
2.4
146
3.0
806
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stranglehold is made of strangle ('to choke') and hold ('a firm grip'). That's why we also use it for a situation or group that has a very tight control—like a grip that 'chokes' change or freedom.