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means A grip, literal or figurative, that cuts off someone's ability to escape or breathe freely — a hold so total that struggle doesn't help.

from Straightforward compound of 'choke' (from Old English āceocian, to suffocate) and 'hold,' first used literally for the wrestling and combat move that constricts the throat. The internet's leap to 'this song has me in a chokehold' is recent slang, borrowing the move's total, breathless control to describe an obsession you can't physically fight off either.