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单词 choke holds
释义

choke hold

noun

1
: a hold that involves strong choking pressure applied to the neck of another
2
: absolute dominance or control
had a choke hold on the city's finances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In August 2019, McClain, 23, was stopped by police while walking home from a store, placed in a carotid choke hold and then injected with ketamine. Lucy Kafanov And Leslie Perrot, CNN, 19 Nov. 2021 Kafantaris’ father, Manuel Kafas, ran up and put Williams in a choke hold, according to police records and the lawsuit. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2022 The 16-year-old, whose name is being withheld due to his age, was captured in a 54-second clip throwing more than 20 punches at an officer, slamming the cop into a metal gate then dragging him to the floor in a choke hold on Saturday. Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 26 July 2022 By then, his kidney disease had a choke hold on his life, his body no longer obeying, his left leg below the knee amputated in October. Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2022 The collective effort, described by Polish and Ukrainian officials and truck companies pitching in, is an attempt to help Ukraine export its wheat by land, circumventing Russia’s naval choke hold on Ukraine’s Black Sea shipping lanes. WSJ, 3 June 2022 Never has a celebrity trial felt both so petty and irrelevant and yet had such a choke hold on my interest. Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 May 2022 The main card got started with Sabah Homasi forcing Jaleel Willis to tap out with an arm triangle choke hold at 1:42 of the first round in a welterweight bout. José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022 The central bank slashed rates to near zero in March 2020 when the pandemic took the US economy into a choke hold. Anneken Tappe, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1

choke holds

noun

plural of choke hold
as in clutches

Synonyms & Similar Words

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