[
US
/ˈtʃoʊkˌhoʊɫd/
]
NOUN
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complete power over a person or situation
the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
corporations have a stranglehold on the media -
a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
How To Use chokehold In A Sentence
- He slings his arms around my shoulder and squeezes my neck in what can easily be considered a chokehold.
- Spot, are you concerned at all about the 110 "chokehold" expansion project about to commence? Noontime Briefs and Outtakes for Thursday
- As I'm getting ready to get out my math book, an arm suddenly wraps itself around my neck in a chokehold.
- Observers and protesters also allege that police used illegal chokeholds on numerous people.
- he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
- Because the carriers subsidize most phone purchases with big rebates tied to service agreements, they have something of a chokehold on the phone market.
- One jumped out of the page and grabbed a chokehold around my neck and demanded that I read it.
- the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
- The same guard then used a chokehold to restrain Finley.
- Eshoo, who is a co-sponsor of network neutrality legislation, also warned the deal could result in a "chokehold" over the transfer of information over the Internet. C - Advertising News
