stranglehold

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Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
boğma vaziyeti
{i} engelleme
{i} boğazından yakalama
sıkboğaz
{i} bastırma
have a stranglehold on smb
boğazından yakalamak
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
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
japanese stranglehold
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe
stranglehold

    Расстановка переносов

    stran·gle·hold

    Турецкое произношение

    stränggılhōld

    Произношение

    /ˈstraɴɢgəlˌhōld/ /ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld/

    Этимология

    [ 'stra[ng]-g&l-"hOld ] (noun.) 1893. From strangle + hold
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