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death grip
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death grip
(noun)
death grip
noun
death grip
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEATH GRIP
[
singular
]
:
a very tight hold on something
He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his
death grip
on the steering wheel.
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often used figuratively to suggest that something has a powerful and harmful effect on something else
The group is trying to release the
death grip
[=
hold
] that drugs have on their neighborhood.
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