in the grip of

English

Preposition

in the grip of

  1. overwhelmed or controlled by something adverse
    I couldn't enjoy life while I was in the grip of drug abuse.
    • 1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:
      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].

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