steel trap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steel trap
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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So Mr. Holden jury-rigged a food-laden steel trap with a trip wire dangling from his second-story apartment.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
But Olivia's circumstances are that of animal in a steel trap that keeps closing tighter and tighter.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022
Throughout a number of barnstorming appearances, Johnson cemented his reputation as a charming and self-deprecating Old Etonian, whose tousled blond mop nonetheless surmounted a mind like a steel trap.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2019
By Dec. 19, Wall had returned to being a steel trap of injury information.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2018
If my brain was a colander, Elliot’s was a steel trap.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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