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Word entry · 6 letters

clinch

Best crossword clue

"Settle decisively"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /klɪnt͡ʃ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted cchilnStarts with CEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

Used in a sentence

  • “Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
  • I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
  • 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.

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