hedge in

• Фразовый глагол, означающий окружать или огораживать что-либо живой изгородью, или, в переносном смысле, ограничивать чью-либо свободу или возможности.

A phrasal verb meaning to surround or enclose something with a hedge, or figuratively, to restrict or limit someone's freedom or options.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To surround or enclose something with a hedge or barrier.

   Окружить или огородить

   • The garden was hedged in by tall bushes.
   • They hedged in the field to keep the animals out.
   • The property is hedged in on all sides.

   Synonymsboundencircleencloseencompassfence inhem inringsurroundwall in

   Antonymsexposefreeliberatereleaseuncover

2. Restrict or limitinformal

   To restrict someone's freedom or movement, often by rules or circumstances.

   Ограничивать

   • She felt hedged in by her strict schedule.
   • The new regulations hedged in the company's operations.
   • He was hedged in by his responsibilities at home.

   Synonymsbox incircumscribeconfineconstrainfence inhem inlimitrestricttrammel

   Antonymsfreeliberaterelease

Base verbhedge