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throttlehold

[ throt-l-hohld ]

noun

  1. a stifling grip; stranglehold:

    The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of throttlehold1

First recorded in 1930–35; throttle + (strangle)hold

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