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• Фразовый глагол, означающий окружать или ограничивать кого-либо или что-либо, стесняя движение или свободу.

A phrasal verb meaning to surround or confine someone or something, restricting movement or freedom.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Surround closelyformal

   To surround someone or something closely, restricting movement.

   Окружить

   • The protesters were hemmed in by the police on all sides.
   • The tall buildings hem in the small park, blocking the sunlight.
   • The sheep were hemmed in by the fence.

   Synonymsbox inconfineencircleenclosefence inhedge insurroundtrap

   Antonymsfreeliberaterelease

2. Restrict or limitformal

   To restrict someone's freedom or ability to act.

   Ограничивать

   • She felt hemmed in by the strict rules of the company.
   • The new regulations hem in the creativity of the artists.
   • He was hemmed in by his responsibilities and couldn't travel.

   Synonymscircumscribeconfineconstrainlimitrestrainrestrict

   Antonymsfreeliberatereleaseunbind

Base verbhem