toehold
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈtoʊˌhoʊld/
- Jargon
:
llave de pie
- During the wrestling match, he secured a firm toehold on his opponent, twisting the leg to gain control.
So John Carlos sees it, identifies it, locks up a wrist to wrist toehold and breaks his foot.
- So John Carlos sees it, identifies it, locks up a wrist to wrist toehold and breaks his foot.
Examples
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Luke Thomas: Held then applied the toehold, but Clementi used the free leg to push off and break the hold.
Blog text (18) -
Luke Thomas: At Bellator 81, Marcin Held defeated Rich Clementi via toehold, but what was interesting was that a portion of that fight was fought in the 50/50 guard.
Blog text (18) -
Luke Thomas: The fight eventually ended with a toehold.
Blog text (18) -
One of two things was going to give: the grip or the toehold.
Fiction book (1999) -
Punk with a drop toehold puts Sheamus down.
Blog text (12) -
He took Rocky's foot and put it in a lower toehold for her.
Fiction book (2002) -
Rhodes attempts to turn the tide here, but he eats a drop toehold and is placed on the rope.
Blog text (12) -
Barrett gets the back and Sheamus with a drop toehold.
Blog text (1) -
So John Carlos sees it, identifies it, locks up a wrist to wrist toehold and breaks his foot.
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The wrestler caught his rival in a tight toehold, leveraging the pressure to force a submission.
Synonyms
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7.4
A way of holding an opponent by twisting or pressing a body part
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4.7
A grip or move used to control an opponent in a match
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word toehold is made of toe and hold, meaning a 'hold' for the 'toe'. In wrestling it came to mean grabbing the toe and twisting the leg to put pressure on the joints and control an opponent.