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Defenition of the word chokehold

    • Defenition of the word chokehold

      • A hold in which someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind.
      • a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
      • complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a strangelhold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
      • a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
      • complete power over a person or situation

    Hypernyms for the word chokehold

      • clasp
      • clench
      • clutch
      • clutches
      • grasp
      • grip
      • hold
      • power
      • powerfulness

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