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hem in

English

  1. 🔊 surround in a restrictive manner
    “The building was hemmed in by flowers”
  2. 🔊 surround so as to force to give up
    “The Turks besieged Vienna”

Similar words

besiege beleaguer surround circumvent beleaguer beset besiege blockade bottle up bound box box in box up cage chamber check circumscribe cloister close in compass confine constrain contain coop