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the right or means to command or control others
- the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection
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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 5 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of death grip was in 1792
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