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Meaning of in the grip of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

overwhelmed or controlled by something adverse

Equivalents

Deutsch gelenkt von gepackt getrieben von

Examples

“I couldn't enjoy life while I was in the grip of drug abuse.”

“At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

in the hands of in the hope of in the light of in the middle of in the midst of in the name of