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• Verbo frasal que significa cercar ou restringir alguém ou algo, limitando seu movimento ou sua liberdade.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Surround closelyformal

   To surround someone or something closely, restricting movement.

   Cercar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbox inconfineencircleenclosefence inhedge insurroundtrap

   Antônimosfreeliberaterelease

2. Restrict or limitformal

   To restrict someone's freedom or ability to act.

   Restringir

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscircumscribeconfineconstrainlimitrestrainrestrict

   Antônimosfreeliberatereleaseunbind

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