death grip

1. An extremely tight grip.

   The walker held with a death grip to his stick lest he drop it down the hill.

2. An extremely tight grip.

   The grip of something dead or dying.

   I gently tore the bloodied piece of paper out from her death grip.

3. A grip that kills.

   The wolf held the chicken in a death grip until it stopped moving.

4. (slang)A tight grip on the penis during masturbation.

5. A perilous situation or stalemate where failure or death is imminent.

   The armies came together in a death grip at the bottom of the valley.

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