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THROTTLEHOLD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does throttlehold mean?
• THROTTLEHOLD (noun)
The noun THROTTLEHOLD has 1 sense:
1. complete power over a person or situation
Familiarity information: THROTTLEHOLD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Complete power over a person or situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
chokehold; stranglehold; throttlehold
Context example:
the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
Hypernyms ("throttlehold" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
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