clinch

CEFRC1

/klɪnt͡ʃ/

verb

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I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
to clinch the teeth or the fist
to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon

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“Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 9, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Vincent Kompany was sent off after conceding a penalty that was converted by Stephen Hunt to give Wolves hope. But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.
2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport
[T]ry if the heads of the nails [of horseshoes] be fast, and whether they be well clinched; if not, send presently for a smith; always stand by while the smith is employed.
1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “[Directions to Servants.] The Duty of Servants at Inns.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 175
It put the U.S. on the brink of clinching a spot in the quarterfinals.
2023 August 31, Seattle Times
More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance

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16th-century alteration of clench.