lˌhoʊld noun
a stifling suppression: The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.
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| throttlehold | |
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| 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" [syn: stranglehold] |
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Throttlehold
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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