in the grip of in English

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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "im Griff (von or genitive)",
          "sense": "overwhelmed, gripped (idiomatic, figurative)"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overwhelmed, gripped (idiomatic, figurative)",
          "word": "gepackt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not controlled by one's own clear mind",
          "word": "getrieben von"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not controlled by one's own clear mind",
          "word": "gelenkt von"
        }
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  "word": "in the grip of"
}

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      "code": "de",
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      "note": "im Griff (von or genitive)",
      "sense": "overwhelmed, gripped (idiomatic, figurative)"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overwhelmed, gripped (idiomatic, figurative)",
      "word": "gepackt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not controlled by one's own clear mind",
      "word": "getrieben von"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not controlled by one's own clear mind",
      "word": "gelenkt von"
    }
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  "word": "in the grip of"
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"in the grip of" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase