armlock

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.

2. 2

   Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.

3. 3

   A fighting hold in which the arm is used to immobilise an opponent.

   • It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe: no enemy's clasp would crush him in it, no vicious armlock choke his life out.
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   1. 4

      Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.

      • Mr Chávez remains a formidable opponent. […] He has an armlock on the country’s institutions.
   2. 5

      To hold in an armlock.

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