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clinch Definition In English

0 to finally get or win something:
- I hear he finally clinched the deal to buy the land he wanted.
1 to make someone decide what to do after a lot of thought or discussion:
- When they said the job would involve travelling to Paris, that clinched it (for her) (= that made her certain that she wanted the job).
2 the position two people are in when they are holding each other tightly in their arms, when fighting or showing love
3 to succeed in making an agreement certain, esp. after a long period of discussion:
- The deal was clinched when they agreed to share the shipping costs.
4 to get or win something at the end of a long process:
- After days of negotiation he finally clinched the deal to buy the company.

She scored two goals in regulation time, which completed the comeback and then the clinching goal in the ensuing shootout.
The argument that clinches for us the need to reform schedule 8 is that it gives societies the flexibility they need without the new unnecessary process of conversion.
I consider that that clinches the matter.
From this comes contacts and even contracts, and it has been quoted widely that some £500 million-worth of export deals are clinched every year on her decks.
However, by his intervention he clinched the case, because he has made serious reflections on individuals.
If anything clinches the argument, it is that.
I think that this fact clinches the argument.
I do not believe that there is a prospect of it going elsewhere, but still negotiations continue and the deal has yet to be clinched.