stranglehold

stran·gle·hold  (strnggl-hld)

n.

1. Sports An illegal wrestling hold used to choke an opponent.

2. A force, influence, or action that restricts or suppresses freedom or progress. Also called throttlehold.

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stranglehold [ˈstræŋg^əlˌhəʊld]

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) a wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arms are pressed against his opponent's windpipe See also Japanese stranglehold

2. complete power or control over a person or situation

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stranglehold - complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public" chokehold, throttlehold power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
	2.	stranglehold - a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe wrestling hold - a hold used in the sport of wrestling

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stranglehold

noun grip, hold, grasp, clutches, iron grip The troops are tightening their stranglehold on the city.

Translations

stranglehold [ˈstræŋglhəʊld] N

1. (Sport) → collar m de fuerza

2. (fig) → dominio m completo
to have a stranglehold on sb/sth → tener dominio completo sobre algn/monopolizar algo

stranglehold [ˈstræŋg^əlhəʊld] n

(lit) → étranglement m

(fig) → mainmise f
to have a stranglehold on sth → avoir la mainmise sur qch

stranglehold

n (lit) → Würgegriff m, → Manschette f; (fig) → absolute Machtposition (on gegenüber); they have a stranglehold on us (fig) → sie haben uns in der Zange

stranglehold [ˈstræŋglˌhəʊld] n (Wrestling) → presa di gola
to have a stranglehold on sb/sth (fig) → tenere qn/qc in pugno