Converse of object

• tighten: It was the Treasury which tightened the grip of Ministers on public services.

• get: Quick, get a grip, act normal, smile.

• weaken: It is also highly functional: the hand closes around a triangular bottle, while round bottles open the hand and weaken the grip.

• lose: BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China loses grip on internet Word began to spread.

Preposition: on

• reality: Hubbard's grip on reality, always tenuous, slipped further.

Adjective modifier

• vice-like: Above all, no release from driving - the daily habit that keeps holidays in the vice-like grip of normal behavior.

• tenuous: The Imperial Guard and Space Marines are in constant battle to maintain mankind's tenuous grip on survival.

• tight: Shenmue is a gripping adventure with has a very tight grip on you for a long time.

• icy: MORENA: Joss NATHAN: Iâm preparing them for the harshness of real life, lest the world crush them in its icy grip.

• comfortable: It replaces the winding crank and provides a comfortable grip, which facilitates handheld photography.

• twin: Their return in 1984 came as America choked on the twin grip of Reaganomics and the Yuppie culture.

Modifies a noun

• rubber: The tires are made of a high grip silicon rubber compound.

Noun used with modifier

• non-slip: They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

• pistol: Any switch is available with a standard round knob or an optional pistol grip handle.

• rubber: The look of the actual device is on the bulky side, with rubber grips fitted either side of the main casing.

• mole: Just before the 1994 TT he took out his own teeth with a pair of mole grips.

• fever: MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | Sudoku fever grips UK newspaper readers Guardian Unlimited Web.

• pencil: Otherwise, molded pencil grips can be used over normal pencils.

Preposition: of

• heatwave: For those who aren't here, London and the South-East of England are in the grip of a very sticky heatwave.

• drought: Afghanistan is in the grip of a three-year drought, the worst in living memory.