New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: clothes · clutch · blotched · bunches · butcher · catcher · clutter · crotchet · crutch · clustered

clutches is a grammatical form of: clutch »

clutches

nouncrúcaí mpl4 c m ucrúba fpl2 c m uhe got his clutches into her chuir sé a chrúba inti, fuair sé greim uirthishe escaped his clutches d'éalaigh sí óna chrúcaíthey fell into the clutches of the IMF chuir an IMF a gcrúba iontu → see clutch

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to fall into sb's/sth's hands (also to fall into sb's/sth's clutches)1 be captured bythey fell into the hands of the crowd rug an slua orthu, fuair an slua greim orthuthe city fell into enemy hands ghabh an namhaid an chathair, ghlac an namhaid seilbh ar an gcathair2 come under control ofthe place has fallen into the hands of the criminals tá an áit faoi smacht na gcoirpeach, tá coirpigh tar éis ceannas a fháil ar an áit, tá an áit faoi chois ag coirpigh3 come into sb's possessionthe files fell into the hands of a journalist d'éirigh le hiriseoir greim a fháil ar na comhaid, fuair iriseoir a lámh ar na comhaid

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