fence in

• Verbe à particule signifiant entourer un terrain d'une clôture ou restreindre la liberté ou les mouvements de quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb meaning to surround an area with a fence, or to restrict someone's freedom or movement.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Enclose with a fenceformal

   To surround an area with a fence to keep something in or out.

   Clôturer

   • They fenced in the garden to keep the rabbits out.
   • The farmer fenced in the pasture for the cattle.
   • We need to fence in the backyard for the dog.

   Synonymesconfineenclosehem inpenringsurround

2. Restrict or confineinformal

   To limit someone's freedom or actions, often by rules or boundaries.

   Enfermer, restreindre

   • She felt fenced in by her strict schedule.
   • The new regulations fenced in the company's expansion plans.
   • He doesn't like being fenced in by too many rules.

   Synonymescageconfineconstraincoop upenclosehedge inhem inlimitpenrestrict

   Antonymesemancipatefreeliberatereleaseunleash

Verbe de basefence