get your claws into

get (one's) claws into (someone)

To exert one's influence over another person. Bobby's new girlfriend must have gotten her claws into him—have you seen the way he's dressing these days?

See also: claw, get

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get your claws into

enter into a possessive relationship with someone (used especially of a woman who dominates or manipulates a man). informal

See also: claw, get

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