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throttlehold
[ throt-l-hohld ]
noun
- 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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