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hem in

verb

1 hem in

Surround in a restrictive manner.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

2 hem in

Surround so as to force to give up.

synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, surround.

Roget 227: lie around etc. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, ... show more

Dutch: belagen, belegeren


Moby thesaurus: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, circumscribe, cloister, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop ... show more.

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