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chokehold definition

choke·hold (-hōld′)

noun

  1. a technique for restraining or subduing a person by locking one's arms around the person's neck
  2. firm or absolute control over some activity, process, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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