the.com/stranglehold
a grip on the throat or the market — both leave you gasping for air.
means A grip, literal or figurative, so tight that it leaves the other party powerless to move, breathe, or compete.
from A plain compound of "strangle" and "hold," born in the world of wrestling, where it named a hold around an opponent's neck. "Strangle" itself comes from Latin "strangulare," by way of Greek "strangalan" (to choke), tied to "strangos," meaning twisted or knotted — the same tightening sense that lets a market or a monopoly do its choking work.
- chokehold origin
- Wrestling term for trapping the neck and arms
- ted nugent
- His 1975 song runs over eight minutes
- monopoly meaning
- Antitrust law fights corporate strangleholds on industries
- physiology
- Brain blackout can hit in under ten seconds
- figurative debut
- Used for chokehold control since the 1800s
standard oil monopoly — controlled 90% of us oil refining by 1880, broken up by antitrust in 1911
de beers diamonds — controlled 80% of global diamond supply from 1930s-2000s through cartel
microsoft windows — held 95% pc operating system market share in early 2000s, faced us antitrust suit