death grip

death grip

noun

Definition of DEATH GRIP

1

: an extremely tight grip caused especially by fear

2

: hold 3b <maintained their death grip on overseas markets>

Examples of DEATH GRIP

1. He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel.
2. <the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection>

First Known Use of DEATH GRIP

1829

Related to DEATH GRIP

Synonyms

arm, authority, clutch, command, control, power, dominion, grip, hold, mastery, reign, rein(s), sway

Antonyms

impotence, impotency, powerlessness

Related Words

clout, influence, leverage, pull, voice, weight; jurisdiction; direction, management; dominance, imperium, predominance, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy; prerogative, privilege, right; eminence, importance, moment

Near Antonyms

helplessness, weakness

Rhymes with DEATH GRIP

airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, headship, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip