hedge in

• Verbe à particule signifiant entourer ou clôturer quelque chose avec une haie, ou, au sens figuré, limiter la liberté ou les possibilités de quelqu'un.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. formal

   To surround or enclose something with a hedge or barrier.

   Enclore

   • 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.

   Synonymesboundencircleencloseencompassfence inhem inringsurroundwall in

   Antonymesexposefreeliberatereleaseuncover

2. Restrict or limitinformal

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

   Restreindre, limiter

   • 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.

   Synonymesbox incircumscribeconfineconstrainfence inhem inlimitrestricttrammel

   Antonymesfreeliberaterelease

Verbe de basehedge