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tight grip

collocation in English

meanings of tightand grip


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tight
adjective
adverb
uk /taɪt/ us /taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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grip
noun
uk /ɡrɪp/ us /ɡrɪp/
control over something ...
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Examples of tight grip


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While the female gaster was clearing the exit hole, the male kept a tightgrip on the female with his legs and immediately started copulating.
If he kept a tightgrip on the rest, it was less because ministerial control would supplement these commanders' meagre abilities than a sense of his own vulnerability.
That means keeping a tightgrip on public finances and not giving in to every demand that is made.
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For that reason, we must make sure that we keep a tightgrip on public spending.
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What have they done to ensure that they have a tightgrip on expenditure on public buildings?
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But we must keep a tightgrip on the licensing side, and especially on offences involving minors.
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They would not have fallen if we had not kept a tightgrip on the deficit.
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Surely this is a classic case of its being absolutely essential to have a tightgrip on management control of those properties.
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Keeping a tightgrip of council spending is vital to their efforts to control the economy.
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It keeps a tightgrip on the strings of the public purse at home.
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The priorities have changed, but yes, it has always been necessary for us to keep a tightgrip on public spending.
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But for next year local authorities must keep a very tightgrip on their expenditure.
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These two factors combine to exert a tightgrip on the resources the nation is prepared to devote to defence.
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It will take several years and tremendous determination—determination above all to keep a tightgrip on public expenditure.
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We will keep our promise, but we will do it while keeping a tightgrip on public spending—because we promised that, too.
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Has it arisen because of alleged monetarist policies—a tightgrip on the creation of new money?
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The world had lived too long in the tightgrip of old customs and regulations and it was in the act of sloughing its skin.
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The extent to which the brewery companies are exercising a tightgrip over them is greater now than ever before, despite legislation which is supposed to protect the small man.
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The 84-year-old, however, has a tightgrip on power after 28 years at the top.
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Unlike many other small cats, they do not play with their food, maintaining a tightgrip with their claws until the animal is dead.
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