death grip
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death grip
noun
death grip
noun
Learner's definition of DEATH GRIP
[singular]
:
a very tight hold on something
— often used figuratively to suggest that something has a powerful and harmful effect on something else
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He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel.
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The group is trying to release the death grip [=hold] that drugs have on their neighborhood.
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