clinch
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definition
verb
to clinch a business deal
confirm or settle (a contract or bargain).
He would stay close enough to always clinch as soon as Rahman set to punch.
grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows.
noun
He looked like he was losing that fight from the way I remember it, slipping to the canvas several times out of clinches .
a struggle or scuffle at close quarters, especially (in boxing) one in which the fighters become too closely engaged for full-arm blows.
The experienced anglers captured the attention of young boys by showing them fishing techniques, including how to tie the perfect clinch knot .
a knot used to fasten a rope to a ring or cringle, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.
example
Heavyweights throw like one-two-three punches and grab and clinch and grab and 'clinch' .
There was also a negotiation game which equipped the students with skills necessary to 'clinch' important business deals.
These newly discovered bacteria don't 'clinch' this argument by any means.
You 'clinch' business deals and gain in financial transactions.
More study and debate is necessary to 'clinch' the issue.
It would have to be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in a passionate 'clinch' on the wet sand in From Here To Eternity.
She'd felt bulky stirrings against her belly, and had barely broken the 'clinch' in time to spare his dignity.
Everyone in the lobby grabbed me for at least a so-so passion-intensive 'clinch' .
The Cardinals, who lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series last year, are the first team to 'clinch' a playoff berth this season.
we went into a passionate 'clinch' on the sofa
In his last five regular-season games, he record nine goals and an assist to help 'clinch' the top playoff seed for the Fusion.
But artistically, all I could suggest is that he explore the question, rather than 'clinch' the issue with what is now a pat option in the arts: transcendence.
Some firms have recently managed to 'clinch' contracts in Angola.
He challenged me with one of the feebler bits of rhetoric the faithful adopt to 'clinch' the argument.
the Texan wanted to impress him to 'clinch' a business deal
The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to 'clinch' a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons.
we went into a passionate 'clinch' on the sofa
And the term ‘added red’ is placed next to an amorous pair about to go into a 'clinch' .
Instead, she buckled and Davenport fought back to square the match, going on to 'clinch' victory in the decider.
To 'clinch' the argument, we needed a fossil that unambiguously showed a nonavian dinosaur with a feathery body covering.
Each of these works its way towards an endline ensured, provisionally at least, to settle the matter and 'clinch' it.
To 'clinch' the transaction, a lot depended on caring for the customer and meeting his or her demands.
She has branded allegations that she enjoyed a steamy 'clinch' with a married man as totally ‘false and salacious’.
According to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have been pressing India behind the scenes to 'clinch' the contract’.
Among the Chinese, humor is often used only to illustrate a concept, to prove a point, or to 'clinch' an argument.
The Charlton boss was critical of his attacking players who he said frittered away a string of chances to 'clinch' all three points.
After the shoe is nailed on, bring the foot out in front of the horse and put it on a stand or on your knee so you can 'clinch' the nail.
Interviewing Manny the lobsterman, a 30-year-old college grad with a paltry paycheck, helped 'clinch' that argument.
So when Mark Hensby tapped in his par putt on the second playoff hole to 'clinch' his victory at the Deere, he also earned a spot at Royal Troon.
Needing just one win to 'clinch' the last playoff spot, the C's have now lost three straight.
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