Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of grasping.
- noun control; power; -- used in the phrase in one's clutches. Same as
clutch{2} .
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- noun Plural form of
clutch . - noun usually plural
Grasp ; possession; control. - verb Third person singular simple present of to
clutch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of grasping
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Examples
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How Mary, with the help of a loyal servant, struggled to escape Stoney's clutches is the breathless and inspirational climax of this fine book
Wedlock: Summary and book reviews of Wedlock by Wendy Moore. 2009
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I'm just curious - given the environment that we are in, it seems like the repel market and the short-term in general are destiny to continuously run into these short-term clutches.
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You are the one who will be in clutches if you do that:}
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To get his victim into his clutches is a deed of daring and of peril demanding no little praise, upon the principles of the world's "code of honor."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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To get his victim into his clutches is a deed of daring and of peril demanding no little praise, upon the principles of the world's "code of honor."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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In pretty much the same way that the Berlin wall was a one-way route (i.e. out of E. Germany and into the West) I don't think I've ever heard of desperate Israeli Arab citizens trying to smuggle themselves through the tunnels and/or over the wall in order to get into Gaza/West Bank and out of the 'clutches' of Israel.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Keen-eyed officers detect the mutton-bones which tell of unauthorised ovicide, and "clutches" of geese and chickens vanish as if by magic.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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He never arrived in time to rescue Caroline from "clutches"; nor did he even marry her.
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Larger frames: Stick to medium-sized accessories such as clutches and totes in bright colours.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By GLYNIS TRAILL-NASH 2010
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SILIGURI, 11 SEPT: With the curtain dropping on a most vituperative campaigning trail in the electoral history of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the parties across the SILIGURI, 26 AUG: The Congress and the Trinamul Congress are taking the Siliguri Municipal time and would spare no pains to try and wrest the civic board from the 'clutches' of the
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