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firm grip

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meanings of firmand grip


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firm
adjective
uk /fɜːm/ us /fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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grip
noun
uk /ɡrɪp/ us /ɡrɪp/
control over something ...
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Examples of firm grip


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It is our intention to keep a firmgrip on the monetary supply—and, in fact, to have targets six months by six months.
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We have made far-reaching changes to trade union law, while keeping a firmgrip on expenditure.
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The third major aspect of policy is to take a firmgrip of nationalised industry prices.
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Unless one has a firmgrip on money supply, no amount of tax measures in themselves can operate except in the bluntest possible way.
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Note that all the joint velocities of the robots are connected to the same u because of firmgrip.
Better to give up political power if that will allow a continuing firmgrip on the economy.
So what kind of critical posture might produce a firmgrip on the slippery ox of performance studies?
Issues of gender in the archaeological record are a very useful reminder of the firmgrip that disciplinary traditions have on our imagination.
The new government took a firmgrip of the helm, using five-year development plans to harness the rapid development of the new-born republic.
The physical, non-verbal nature of this type of learning is both inherent in the learning method and instrumental in the expert craftsmen's firmgrip on production of expertise.
If we decline to address this central problem, to take a firmgrip on it, we will not solve the monitoring problem.
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I had never had such a firmgrip in my mind on the great public service he had rendered.
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The time has come to take a firmgrip.
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We need an interest rate cut and a firmgrip on public finances.
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In the period ahead, it will be necessary for a firmgrip to be maintained on the growth of money and credit.
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The disease has a firmgrip, and will be cured only by steady and persistent treatment over a considerable number of years.
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We now believe that we have a firmgrip on the policy.
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