ಅರ್ಥ : Complete power over a person or situation.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Corporations have a stranglehold on the media.
The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : stranglehold, throttlehold
ಅರ್ಥ : A restraining hold. Someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
He grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : choke hold