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throttlehold

noun

Complete power over a person or situation

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Word length
12
Starts with
T
Ends with
D
Contains
HR
Scrabble score
19

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noun

  1. Complete power over a person or situation

    “Corporations have a stranglehold on the media”

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Corporations have a stranglehold on the media
The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public

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