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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

stranglehold

Part of Speechnoun

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

In a Sentence

“For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

over stranglehold. strangleholdupon strangleholdstranglehold economicstranglehold virtualstranglehold political
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Synonyms

claspgraspgripthrottlehold

Antonyms

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Related Words

squeezepressurepinchholdbreaknoose

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