"get one's claws into" meaning in English

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      "form": "got one's claws into",
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      "form": "got one's claws into",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Once that bank gets its claws into you, it doesn't let go easily.",
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        "To have a controlling influence over."
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          "influence"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To have a controlling influence over."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get one's claws on"
        },
        {
          "word": "get one's hands on"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get one's hooks into"
        }
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "iskeä kyntensä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mettre le grappin sur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "jemanden an der Leine haben"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mencengkeram"
        }
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        "present"
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      "form": "got one's claws into",
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        "past"
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      "form": "got one's claws into",
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        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "gotten one's claws into",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "word": "get one's claws on"
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        {
          "word": "get one's hooks into"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "iskeä kyntensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mettre le grappin sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jemanden an der Leine haben"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mencengkeram"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get one's claws into"
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