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Discover Ludwig"dead hand" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to an oppressive or controlling force acting over a prolonged period, such as bureaucracy or a law that restricts an activity. For example, "The dead hand of tradition was a strong obstacle for us to overcome."
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DEAD HAND" IS BLAMED But Confident Predictions Are Made That a Great Revival Is at Hand.
Dead Hand was chilling.
McGraw-Hill .Against the Dead Hand", by Brink Lindsey.
He rubs it on his dead hand and is frightened.
A Dead Hand, by Paul Theroux (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $26).
Never mind the dead hand of London 2012.
History's dead hand can only weigh upon his strokes.
It's the cold dead hand of a tin of frankfurters.
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Spiderwebs and dead, hand-wired electrical grids connect the surrounding huts.
See also Eisenberg, Wisdom of the Ages or Dead-Hand Control?
The so-called "dead-hand pill" attempted to eliminate even this possibility.
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