stranglehold

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

strangle·hold [stranglehold strangleholds] BrE [ˈstræŋɡlhəʊld] NAmE [ˈstræŋɡlhoʊld] noun singular
1. a strong hold around sb's neck that makes it difficult for them to breathe
•Both arms were around his neck in a stranglehold.
2. ~ (on sth) complete control over sth that makes it impossible for it to grow or develop well
•The company now had a stranglehold on the market.
•attempts to break the US stranglehold on the industry

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chokehold, throttlehold