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in the grip of

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

overwhelmed or controlled by something adverse

Equivalents

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.
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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

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