stretta alla gola

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

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

To have a stranglehold on something means to have control over it and prevent it from being free or from developing. These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry
{i} choke hold, wrestling hold in which one grabs the opponent by the throat; restricting force, suppressing influence
a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe 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
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 wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
stretta alla gola
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