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The phrase "grip of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used when speaking about a powerful, strong, or tight hold of something, often indicating that the hold is oppressive. For example: The iron grip of the dictator suppressed the citizens for years.
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The grip of fear has been broken.
They were in the grip of fear.
You live in the grip of fear.
"It gets a grip of you.
England was in the grip of unemployment.
Slowly, the icy grip of fear thaws.
She's getting a grip of this.
The death grip of our intellect was broken.
Others are under the grip of debilitating authoritarian regimes.
The country is in the grip of Poldark fever.
GIFFORDS: A Senate in the grip of the gun lobby.
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