26984 words

nelson

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a way of holding someone's arm from behind with both of your arms and holding their neck with your hands, so that it is difficult for them to move, used in wrestling (= a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground):

Examples:

He got his opponent in a tightly held full nelson.
2
a bad situation from which it is impossible to escape:

Examples:

He kept a full nelson on the staff by populating it with his political friends and relatives.

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