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plural strangleholds
A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. quotations examples
That record felt like ancient history as the Djokovic of 2011 overcame a slightly edgy start to take a stranglehold on the match.
2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport
third-person singular simple present strangleholds, present participle strangleholding, simple past and past participle strangleheld
to hold a tight grip or control quotations examples
"She does not hold a partner; she strangleholds him. As soon as a man realizes how tightly she holds on, he leaves her."
2014, David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-less and Resource-full