stranglehold

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun complete power over a person or situation
noun a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

From strangle + hold.

There still come days in the spring when the country seems to get a stranglehold on me and start in pulling. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
If they were right, if it was a Lhari trick to reinforce their stranglehold on the human worlds and keep the warp-drive for themselves, then Bart had nothing to fear. — The Colors of Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley

chokehold, throttlehold

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