death grip

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ölüm tutuş
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A perilous situation or stalemate where failure or death is imminent

The armies came together in a death grip at the bottom of the valley.

An extremely tight grip

The wolf held the chicken in a death grip until it stopped moving.

Death Grip refers to a technique used in mountain biking whereby the rider avoids covering the brake levers. It is most often used by dirt jumpers (most especially those new to the discipline), when approaching a new, bigger, jump than they're used to, but are fairly sure they can manage. They will do this to prevent the sudden urge to brake which is experienced when the doubts about clearing the jump pop into their mind on the approach to the take-off. Very few riders relish riding 'death grip', resorting to it only after many attempts at a jump that they still cannot resist the urge to brake on
An extremely tight grip caused especially by fear
death grips
plural form of death grip
death grip
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