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A strong or firm hold
“His strong fingers held Josef's fine hand in a tight clutch.”
(figurative) The authority or ability to control or command others
“One tribe had fought to liberate them from the clutch of a tyrant.”
A unit, grouping or configuration of things
“Their cheeks were fair to look upon, and their teeth like a clutch of pearls between lips as red as cherry wine.”
A small group of people
“She lived in style with a clutch of liveried servants.”
A critical state of affairs requiring urgent action
“The ability to star is the ability to come through in the clutch.”
A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
A family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth
A person or thing that is one's choice to go to (for some purpose)
A small, or medium-sized, bag used to carry everyday personal items
Embrace
An act of squeezing something
A difficult or unpleasant situation
A person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly
An oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate
To grasp or hold firmly, sometimes with a pulling action
“Shadows out of the past clutch at my legs and drag me down.”
To embrace or hold someone or something tightly in one's arms
To grab (someone), usually aggressively, to stop them or bring them to ground
To handle roughly or clumsily
Likely to perform in difficult circumstances
“I had the clutch pedal depressed but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled.”
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