Phrases with «wrest control»

The phrase "wrest control" means to forcefully gain or take back control of a situation or something that was previously under someone else's control. Full definition

Sentences with «wrest control»

  • Although that's not to say they don't still have their work cut out for them as they prepare for a re-match in hopes of wresting control of the chamber back from the GOP in 2012. (nystateofpolitics.com)
  • The Reform Party survived a bout of infighting late last year as a group of newcomers wrested control from the party's leaders in a fight that ended up in Albany courts. (syracuse.com)
  • Todd D. Kaminsky, a Democratic Assemblyman and former federal corruption prosecutor who billed his campaign as a mission to clean up Albany from the inside, had a slight edge in the race for Mr. Skelos's former State Senate seat on the South Shore of Long Island; his win could help Democrats wrest control of the Senate from Republicans. (nytimes.com)
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