Usually means: Surround tightly, restrict movement closely.
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  1. hem in: Vocabulary.com
  2. hem in: Wiktionary
  3. hem in: Dictionary.com
  4. hem in: Rhymezone
  5. hem in: FreeDictionary.org
  6. hem in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. hem in: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. hem in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hem in: Legal dictionary

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  1. hem in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hem in: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hem in)

▸ verb:  To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.

Similar:
surround, circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, beset, inbind, close in, incarcerate, shut in, imbound, more...

Opposite:
unfetter, unleash, liberate, release, free

Types:
stymie, thwart, obstruct, impede, hinder, restrain, curb, more...

Phrases:
to hem in, more...

Adjectives:
in, enclosing, inclosed, fenced in, sealed, locked, offset, inshell, tine, fenced, enceinte

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Similar:
surround, circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, beset, inbind, close in, incarcerate, shut in, imbound, more...

Opposite:
unfetter, unleash, liberate, release, free

Types:
stymie, thwart, obstruct, impede, hinder, restrain, curb, more...

Phrases:
to hem in, more...

Adjectives:
in, enclosing, inclosed, fenced in, sealed, locked, offset, inshell, tine, fenced, enceinte



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