Meaning

1 senses

  1. To hold a tight grip or control.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I'd want a girlfriend who can pull off a stranglehold.

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  2. The CSU political party now has a stranglehold on Bavaria, after having won every seat in the region during the last election.

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Origin

From strangle + hold.

From strangle + hold.

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Forms

strangleholds, strangleholding, strangleheld, strangleheld
Base formstranglehold · to stranglehold
3rd person singularstrangleholds
Present participlestrangleholding
Past simplestrangleheld
Past participlestrangleheld

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystranglehold
he, she, itstrangleholds

Past simpleLesson

all personsstrangleheld

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave strangleheld
he, she, ithas strangleheld

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stranglehold

Synonyms

3 synonyms
graspB2gripB2clasp

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
strangerA2strangleB2strapC1strapless
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