GRIP


Meaning of GRIP in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be gripped by fear (= be very afraid )

We were gripped by fear as the boat was tossed around by the waves.

be in the grip of an obsession (= have extreme feelings of interest in something or someone )

At 15 I met Heather and instantly fell into the grip of an obsession.

keep a tight grip/hold/rein on sth (= control it very firmly )

The former dictator still keeps a tight grip on power.

Anna was determined to keep a tight hold on her feelings.

release your grip/hold (on sb/sth)

The sudden noise made him release his hold on her arm.

sb's hand grips sth (= hold something firmly )

Her hands gripped the steering wheel very tightly.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

firm

The other retained its firm grip on the reins.

I took a firm grip on the wheel as I scented some-thing.

However, Dorset took a firm grip declaring at 202-3 in 54.3 overs.

I keep a firm grip on my hat and stare into the blustery abyss.

It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding.

He grasped Dalgliesh's hand with a firm grip but didn't speak.

She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip .

Right-wing think-tanks have an even firmer grip .

good

Shifting my weight left on the layoff to get a better grip I pulled again.

I got a better grip , Lincoln testing my strength, experimenting with the power of the leash.

A new Skywalk sole with an environmentally-friendly cleat pattern gives a good grip even on slippery rocks.

Derek Jensen, best boy grip -- second unit; and Ronald Beale, chiropractor.

Some had a better grip , while others were heavier and harder for us to swing.

It's a very important part of being a good tennis player to have a good grip , very important.

I told myself to wait a second, get a better grip , try it again.

strong

In fact, he was getting a stronger grip on himself as he went along.

Marsden held out his hand and took hers in a strong grip , at the same time giving the faintest possible bow.

Usually players with a strong left-hand grip have a good forearm rotation because the arm is already part of the way there.

He has held a strong grip over all matters at the club, from choosing the team to financial dealings.

A graceful writer with a strong grip on story, Molly Gloss is also a writer with a political agenda.

tight

The humans had grown their winter coats, and the high buildings trembled in the tight grip of their stress equations.

Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences.

The best way for the government to achieve this is to keep a tight grip on the tigerish tendencies of the economy.

The tight grip of the Gascon nobility on the Church served their dynastic interests well.

He got the ends of the belt around his hands and wound them into a good, tight grip .

In Pomerania this reaction took the form of an even tighter grip on the feudal peasantry and serfs of the great estates.

Outside in her car she kept a tight grip on herself, refusing to let her humiliation reduce her to tears.

Anybody who thought that Bath's tight grip on the Pilkington Cup was over had better think again.

well

Shifting my weight left on the layoff to get a better grip I pulled again.

I got a better grip , Lincoln testing my strength, experimenting with the power of the leash.

Give yourself a better grip by choosing sandals a half size smaller than usual.

Some had a better grip , while others were heavier and harder for us to swing.

I told myself to wait a second, get a better grip , try it again.

■ VERB

break

Anger gave her an added surge of strength, and she twisted her arm sharply downwards and broke his grip .

If we do not break the grip big business exerts on government now, we may never have the chance again.

To struggle was only to weaken himself; he could not displace the weight or break the grip that held him down.

He managed to break its grip before both animals burst through the wooden doors.

We have to become acquainted with the manifestations of fear before we can break its grip .

But of course our work will not end when we have broken the grip of the six major killer diseases.

come

Those who accept the general orientation of modern science may well find considerable difficulty in coming to grips with this main point.

Down came the familiar grip , the fingers closing painfully around his arm.

However, it is possible to come to grips with the key factors to facilitate meaningful negotiation.

We are still trying to come to grips with the problems identified by the Romantics.

At that time, she was still coming to grips with her unexpected plunge into social activism.

ease

He eases his grip on John's hand.

She gave me a gooey smile and then eased her grip .

Deflation, the curse of farmers and wage earners, seemed ready to ease its icy grip .

feel

He could feel Duvall's grip on his throat relaxing, could see Duvall's poised hand lowering.

He felt her grip lessen, and heard her hit the ground.

It was as she turned to swim back that she felt the sudden grip of a pain across her back.

Lifting his arm to strike, he felt a grip of iron round his wrist, restraining him.

She was just about to call out when she felt the iron grip of an arm clasped round her throat.

That presumably meant that she wouldn't feel it when her grip slipped.

get

In fact, he was getting a stronger grip on himself as he went along.

As the nation struggles to get a grip on medical costs, insurance companies have grabbed the reins.

He wakes early next morning, and gets out at once, anxious to get to grips with the city.

I told myself to wait a second, get a better grip , try it again.

The whole program works very well, I still seem to have problems in getting to grips with some areas.

Master Yehudi told her t9 get a grip on herself.

Any attempt to get to grips with silence in music inevitably begins with Cage.

She never got to grips with it and her colleagues had to help with her workload.

hold

His hand slid downwards, holding hers in a grip that was suddenly unbreakable.

No ism held him in its grip .

He has held a strong grip over all matters at the club, from choosing the team to financial dealings.

keep

They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip .

Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences.

The best way for the government to achieve this is to keep a tight grip on the tigerish tendencies of the economy.

To all appearances, it kept a grip on at least 30 million Muslimsmore than the entire population of the Maghreb today.

On the first day of the conference all parties were able to keep a grip on themselves and talk calmly.

His main interest appeared to be keeping a grip on the speakership, not enacting policy.

Rohmer was still talking to himself, still keeping that vice-clamp grip on Gilbert's wrist.

Try these drive-time tips to ease your commute: Keep a relaxed grip on the steering wheel.

loosen

The woman jabbed her cigarette into the man's face and he loosened his grip .

When I loosened my grip on him he tried to run back toward Clarisa, stumbling and crawling.

Instead, he waited until the first fierce flood of tears had passed, then loosened his grip on her a little.

I felt a shock charge through my hand and could not loosen my grip .

He made a choking noise, and Marco loosened his grip fractionally.

Richard first noticed me from across the street as he loosened his grip on the lamppost.

When there is none, he loosens his grip and turns away.

Gedge showed an extraordinary reluctance to loosen his grip on Rigby.

lose

He lost his grip and fell into the car's path.

If Perelman succeeded, Gutfreund, for the first time, would lose his grip on the firm.

Half way through, the film loses its grip on the day-to-day reality in Northern Ireland.

Niyazov does not appear to be losing his grip .

I had made loops to go over her wrists, I told her, so that she wouldn't lose her grip .

If the car begins to fishtail, the back wheels have lost grip .

He began a forlorn final game by losing his grip on the racket altogether.

It almost ensures that the skier will lose his or her grip on the ice, and most likely fall.

maintain

Much stronger is 27 f5 and if 27 ... f8 then 28 f4 will maintain White's grip .

But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins.

He is another who has failed to maintain a grip on the advancing technology of credit and payment.

relax

Never for one moment does this shimmering, simmering emotional desert storm of a film relax its grip on your senses.

Weeping with merriment, gleeful through and through, she never relaxed her grip .

When he tries to say something I relax my grip .

He relaxed his grip on the mug, rolled his sleeves down, pushed his chair back.

Try these drive-time tips to ease your commute: Keep a relaxed grip on the steering wheel.

The pilots cautiously relaxed their grip and let their muscles slacken.

But attitudes of this kind took time to gain the upper hand: the past relaxed its grip only slowly.

release

Tithonus directly begs the Gods to release him from their grip and let him die.

Before the audience can figure it out, I release my grip and tumble to the ground.

Then you can simply release your grip and back slowly away over a few paces.

Virginia Stillman released her grip on the chair and put her right hand under her chin.

For a split second, Constance failed to realise that he had released his grip on her.

Benton, in his terror, released his grip on her waist.

Emilia sighed and released her grip .

struggle

Prost's second place was never likely to be challenged as Piquet struggled to find grip form his Pirellis.

As the nation struggles to get a grip on medical costs, insurance companies have grabbed the reins.

He struggled against the nightmare grip that paralysed him.

take

However, Dorset took a firm grip declaring at 202-3 in 54.3 overs.

I took a firm grip on the wheel as I scented some-thing.

By the time the interval beckoned, Celtic had taken a grip on the game in midfield.

He must take a grip on himself.

She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip .

It seems, this thins out as dementia takes a grip .

Inserting his left hand, Grant took a firm grip and heaved upwards.

Don't struggle: take a grip with pincers or pliers and remove the sucker as though pulling out a nail.

tighten

However, planning permission is required, and legislation is tightening its grip on mast sites.

His arm shook and he tightened his grip on the stock of the rifle to still it.

Unthinking, she tightened her grip and felt him laugh under her hands.

There were months of interrogations, torture and repression as the military tightened its grip on the country.

He signalled us to keep still as he stood upright, tightening the grip on his spear.

Oats tightened his grip on the axe.

Denis tightened his grip on his gun.

Instantly her hands tightened their grip .

try

She sat there for nearly half an hour, staring at the wall, trying to get a grip .

He was trying to get a grip on the world.

Jessica breathed deeply, trying to get a grip .

We are still trying to come to grips with the problems identified by the Romantics.

She was trailing behind the other two and trying to get a grip on her nerves.

Mr Mugabe is trying to keep his grip on power by turning one group against another.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a firm grip/hold/grasp etc

As darkness gains a firmer grip the songbirds fade and the owls start.

As soon as one does so, its lips close around it, giving it a firm hold.

But at current levels the shares are a firm hold.

Choose a firm hold variant which will keep your style in place during winder weather and light drizzle.

Clumps of sturdy weed grew wherever they could take a firm hold.

I keep a firm grip on my hat and stare into the blustery abyss.

It's safe but you need to have a firm grip to cut a 13-amp flex.

Usually this happens because the task is too broadly stated to get a firm grasp on it.

a tight hold/grip

The new business manager has a tight hold on the budget.

Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences.

Dominic crept carefully down the stairs, keeping a tight hold on the gleaming mahogany banister.

He had a tight hold on the audience, totally in command of his band.

It should not be imagined that the tiny Party élite at either of these provincial levels could maintain a tight hold.

She would be keeping a tight hold on her feelings from now on.

The best way for the government to achieve this is to keep a tight grip on the tigerish tendencies of the economy.

The purge reflects the party leadership's concern with keeping a tight hold on the political reins.

We got up, he pushed me roughly towards the door, keeping a tight hold of me.

a vice-like grip

ease your grip

He eases his grip on John's hand.

She gave me a gooey smile and then eased her grip.

loosen your grip/hold

He made a choking noise, and Marco loosened his grip fractionally.

I felt a shock charge through my hand and could not loosen my grip.

Instead, he waited until the first fierce flood of tears had passed, then loosened his grip on her a little.

It was on a block where he encountered three soldiers that he began to loosen his hold on the sequence.

Richard first noticed me from across the street as he loosened his grip on the lamppost.

The woman jabbed her cigarette into the man's face and he loosened his grip.

When I loosened my grip on him he tried to run back toward Clarisa, stumbling and crawling.

When there is none, he loosens his grip and turns away.

relax your hold/grip

But attitudes of this kind took time to gain the upper hand: the past relaxed its grip only slowly.

He relaxed his grip on the mug, rolled his sleeves down, pushed his chair back.

Never for one moment does this shimmering, simmering emotional desert storm of a film relax its grip on your senses.

The pilots cautiously relaxed their grip and let their muscles slacken.

Then with excruciating slowness he relaxed his hold, allowing her to back away a pace.

Weeping with merriment, gleeful through and through, she never relaxed her grip.

When he tries to say something I relax my grip.

tighten your grip/hold on sth

He tightened his grip on the sub-machine-gun, waited for the helicopter to slow and swing towards him.

His arm shook and he tightened his grip on the stock of the rifle to still it.

However, planning permission is required, and legislation is tightening its grip on mast sites.

It was only when they tensed, curling and tightening their grip on the floor, did he realise they were alive.

Oats tightened his grip on the axe.

The suspended despair inside her splintered into a shuddering sob and Fernando tightened his hold on her.

There were months of interrogations, torture and repression as the military tightened its grip on the country.

They tightened their grip on the girl.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I lost my grip on the branch, and fell out of the tree.

If you're going rock-climbing, make sure you wear shoes that will give you a good grip .

It's hard to get a good grip on this box.

She looked anxious and tightened her grip on her shoulder bag.

Squeeze a tennis ball regularly to improve your grip .

The policeman had a firm grip on my arm.

These tires assure good grip and a quiet, steady ride.

This pen has a rubber grip for your fingers.

To play this shot, you need to change your grip on the racquet slightly.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

His arm shook and he tightened his grip on the stock of the rifle to still it.

I had made loops to go over her wrists, I told her, so that she wouldn't lose her grip .

Niyazov does not appear to be losing his grip .

The bureaucratic swamp soon recovered its grip .

The pre-tax figure was above City expectations and gave evidence that the bank is finally coming to grips with its bad-debt problem.

The throttle twist grip on the end of the collective stick has to be coordinated with the up and down movements.

They were so keen to get to grips with the enemy that they disregarded much of the training in stealth and guile.

You could yell once he had his grip in.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

firmly

A frond of endive approached his lips, hovered, was gripped firmly by admirably white teeth.

still

The boy rose to his feet, still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway.

Julie, still gripping the bloodied hammer, looked cautiously through the window by the front door.

He was still gripping a Skorpion machine-pistol.

She realised she was still gripping the stone, and dropped it with a little horrified cry.

Fear of dying still grips our hearts.

Perhaps some of us here tonight are still gripped by fear of death.

MacMillan has come a long way since 1963 but Hermanas can still grip when done as well as this.

tightly

Sensing she was being watched, she spun round to face the doorway, the Beretta gripped tightly at arm's length.

These children often appear to be in agony as they awkwardly and ever-so-\#tightly grip their writing implements.

■ NOUN

arm

He gripped his arms in fear, his nerves at snapping point.

Sam gripped the arm of the chair.

He might have been an ebony statue, larger than life, his hands gripping the arms of the chair.

She gripped his arm tightly with both hands.

But he gripped my arm and I was gagged and bound.

He gripped her arm and pointed imperiously to the seat and she was glad to hurry and escape from his hard hand.

She gripped my arms as she hugged me, as if to reassure herself I wasn't going to disappear.

But he gripped hard at the arms of his chair and forced himself to attend.

country

A World Cup-like atmosphere grips the country .

Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country .

edge

He gripped the edge of the nearest inspection plate and ripped a quarter of it away.

Her upper body shot toward the desk, hands gripping the edges to steady her.

Bull leaned out of the window, gripping the edge of the crumbling sill with spotlessly clean hands.

I lay down and gripped the edges as the rug bubbled and rose beneath me.

He threw down the washing-up mop and stood stock-still for a moment, gripping the edge of the sink.

Maggie's stomach seemed to stay behind somewhere up above and her hands gripped the edge of the seat anxiously.

Isabel dropped to the floor where she stood, one hand gripping the edge of the bench.

Corbett stared down at his hands gripping the table edge .

fear

That frantic jig at least had one positive effect: it released him from the fear that had gripped him so tightly.

Still, fear grips me, compounded by self-disgust.

Never has fear gripped me so tightly, yet it was exhilarating, fantastic even.

finger

Four fingers were thrust, gripping , through a gap between the planks of the door.

My fingers gripped the telephone receiver; my body tensed in a familiar effort to fight the rising emotion.

He was tall and sinewy, and his fingers gripped her arms with a steely strength.

Her long fingers gripped the spoon so tightly her knuckles were white.

As his fingers gripped the knife and tugged, the blade sliced into his palm.

The fingers gripping her windpipe slackened and Irina slumped backwards against the desk and slid to the ground.

His fingers still gripped the edge of the door, his small body was pressed against it.

Her fingers were gripping her dress, and she knew that she was trembling.

hand

He left the bar with Maidstone's hat in his hand , gripping it firmly by the brim.

How those middle-class Sorels and Maurrases adored it-the hand that gripped the knife with authority.

One thin white hand gripped his wrist so hard that he yelped.

One hand gripped my neck as he slowly entered me.

He sat there, grim-faced, his left hand gripping the arm of his chair.

Isabel dropped to the floor where she stood, one hand gripping the edge of the bench.

One hand gripped a railing, the other drooped motionless at her side.

nation

Even so, collective hypochondria grips the nation .

The state has become a microcosm of the economic change that has gripped the nation .

The move comes as the agriculture crisis continues to grip the nation .

Thus, the crime epidemic now gripping the nation .

But the big soap of the time was Emergency Ward 10, which gripped the nation every Tuesday night.

rail

His hands gripped the rail firmly.

Cobalt, who did not know, gripped the rail .

Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound.

He gripped the landing rail with hands as large as ham-hocks.

shoulder

He shuddered at the sensation and his hands gripped her shoulders , moving with her, controlling her timing.

But Lucy gripped her shoulders and Jay explored, dizzy with longing.

Suddenly Stephen jerked his hand from her grasp and gripped her shoulder .

His fingers gripped her shoulders cruelly.

side

I sit with my arms wrapped around the chrome railing and my bare heels gripping the sides .

They should grip the side of the wheel rim exactly when the brake levers are applied.

wheel

He gripped the wheel tightly and held his face quite close to the windscreen.

But the ride keeps you gripping the wheel .

The Doctor swung himself round the door and gripped the locking wheel .

Shortly after lunch, Durkin, attired in his motoring outfit, climbed into the car and gripped the steering wheel .

Miguel stopped, gripping the wheel as he came to a red light.

But no, he thought as he gripped the wheel .

She gripped the steering wheel until her knuckles were white.

wrist

One thin white hand gripped his wrist so hard that he yelped.

Donald Stewart the blacksmith had to grip his wrist to make him sign the paper.

She rushed into the kitchen, gripping her left wrist with her right hand.

Before he could head off for the dustbin, Elinor gripped his wrist firmly.

The door opened, and he gripped her wrist and pulled her through.

Of a sudden Lexandro's free hand gripped Valence's wrist with a power which would have crushed any ordinary bones.

Pike was talking to a waitress and gripping her wrist very tightly.

■ VERB

feel

Jack felt Evans's hand grip his arm.

He felt her restraining grip on his ankles.

He watched the altimeter unwind and felt his straps grip as the desert floor swung up to face him.

reach

Involuntarily she reached out and gripped Bob's hand.

This advice from a simpler world had reached across centuries and gripped us both.

Evans swore beneath his breath and Jack reached out and gripped him in rebuke.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a firm grip/hold/grasp etc

As darkness gains a firmer grip the songbirds fade and the owls start.

As soon as one does so, its lips close around it, giving it a firm hold.

But at current levels the shares are a firm hold.

Choose a firm hold variant which will keep your style in place during winder weather and light drizzle.

Clumps of sturdy weed grew wherever they could take a firm hold.

I keep a firm grip on my hat and stare into the blustery abyss.

It's safe but you need to have a firm grip to cut a 13-amp flex.

Usually this happens because the task is too broadly stated to get a firm grasp on it.

a tight hold/grip

The new business manager has a tight hold on the budget.

Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences.

Dominic crept carefully down the stairs, keeping a tight hold on the gleaming mahogany banister.

He had a tight hold on the audience, totally in command of his band.

It should not be imagined that the tiny Party élite at either of these provincial levels could maintain a tight hold.

She would be keeping a tight hold on her feelings from now on.

The best way for the government to achieve this is to keep a tight grip on the tigerish tendencies of the economy.

The purge reflects the party leadership's concern with keeping a tight hold on the political reins.

We got up, he pushed me roughly towards the door, keeping a tight hold of me.

a vice-like grip

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

David suddenly gripped my arm and pulled me away from the road.

He gripped the steering wheel firmly as he sped up to get on the freeway.

His knuckles whitened as he gripped the microphone.

I was gripped by the tragic stories of his childhood.

Icy cold weather has gripped most of the East Coast.

She found his hand and gripped it tightly.

The car has wide tyres which grip the road really well.

The university's campus is gripped by fear due to the two recent murders.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A cool hand gripped him under each armpit.

But he gripped my arm and I was gagged and bound.

Five or six sparrows instantly alighted on my arms and head, gripping my skin with their bony little claws.

Her long fingers gripped the spoon so tightly her knuckles were white.

I gripped the banister and swung myself head over heels, then came out on the roof of a tower.

One hand gripped my neck as he slowly entered me.

She must have been six-teen or seventeen, and looked out at him with a poignancy that gripped his heart.

The state has become a microcosm of the economic change that has gripped the nation.

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