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View definitions for clinch

clinch

verb as in secure a goal

verb as in hold securely; grab

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That invite was already clinched Thursday, with USC bound for one of the bottom two spots.

But he saved his best for the medal race, which took place just two and a half hours later, to clinch GB's first gold in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.

From BBC

When Kelsey Barnard Clark won the sixteenth season of "Top Chef," set in Kentucky, she clinched victory with a dish that defied fine dining expectations: cornbread and buttermilk with crawfish, boiled peanuts, cucumber and watermelon.

From Salon

He clinches India victory over and over and over again.

From BBC

“We’re not done,” said Trojans coach Lindsay Gottlieb after her team clinched its first conference championship of any sort in 31 years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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