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white-knuckle something
endure something with intense fear
To white-knuckle something means to experience or endure it while feeling extremely frightened or tense.
Hear it in real life
How was the flight?
Terrifying. I white-knuckled the armrests through the turbulence.
I was white-knuckling the wheel all the way through the mountain pass.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was white-knuckling ‸ during the flight.
Say: I was white-knuckling the armrests during the flight.
Use “white-knuckle” with something you grip; “during” alone does not supply an object.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
white-knuckle the wheel; white-knuckle a flight
Your turn: say it out loud
I was white-knuckling the wheel all the way through the mountain pass.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
white-knuckle something
endure something with intense fear
“I was white-knuckling the wheel all the way through the mountain pass.”
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