Stranglehold

The CSU political party now has a stranglehold on Bavaria, after having won every seat in the region during the last election.

I'd want a girlfriend who can pull off a stranglehold.

For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.

Numerous witnesses had come forward at that time to state that they had watched Kelly tackle Symaco and pin her on the floor in a strangle-hold until investigating officers arrived to pry him loose.

That record felt like ancient history as the Djokovic of 2011 overcame a slightly edgy start to take a stranglehold on the match.

"She does not hold a partner; she strangleholds him. As soon as a man realizes how tightly she holds on, he leaves her."