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What does iron grip mean?

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Noun
  1. (colloquial) The manner in which the act of holding or restraining something or someone, can only be described as extremely tight.
  2. Having a firm hold of, or on, something, either literally or figuratively.
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His fingers lost their iron grip, and the portfolio with the drawing paper fell to the ground, with my portrait landing at my feet.
She felt as if an invisible hand was upon her neck, strangling her with an iron grip.
For the first time in 20 years, his iron grip on the company was getting shaky.
For half a century Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau withered any rival in vocal range with an austere glare and an iron grip on recording opportunities.
Shannon's left eyebrow rose in speculation as Rogers fidgeted with the twin coffee mugs in his rough iron grip.
Until the public shakes loose the iron grip of these money-grabbing profiteers, crime and the prison population will continue to rise.

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