chokehold

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von chokehold im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A strong and powerful grasp on something

Your country has a chokehold on our economy.

A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain

He put his opponent in a chokehold.

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; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled

Türkische aussprache

çōkhōld

Aussprache

/ˈʧōkˌhōld/ /ˈʧoʊkˌhoʊld/

Etymologie

() choke +‎ hold