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A Run To Clinch The Match Crossword Clue

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99%9Exact Match!
noun

• the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

41%5 Make a run to clinch the match
verb

• run away secretly with one's beloved

32%7 Fierce clinch
noun

• Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially between males.

• A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.

• A hold with the arms around the opponent.

verb

• To embrace in a bear hug.

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