de wurggreep
stranglehold
noun · /ˈʋʏr.xreːp/
Forms
- Article
- de wurggreep
- Plural
- de wurggrepen
- Also means
- choke
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
De worstelaar had zijn tegenstander in een wurggreep.
The wrestler had his opponent in a stranglehold.
De stad zat onder de wurggreep van de crisis.
The city was under the stranglehold of the crisis.
Hij probeerde haar uit zijn wurggreep te bevrijden.
He tried to free her from his stranglehold.
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