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Verb
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To enclose by drawing a box around
contain
enclose
hem in
shut in
surround
trap
cage
fence in
corral
pen
immure
coop up
wall in
encase
mew up
hedge
envelop
house
encage
closet
inclose
confine
include
encircle
impound
ring
close in
hedge in
encompass
bound
curb
check
trammel
shackle
inhibit
hamper
fetter
obstruct
impede
tie
handcuff
clog
put behind bars
tie up
arrest
manacle
bridle
control
hamstring
hobble
chain
put under lock and key
interfere with
handicap
encumber
pull in
take into custody
hold prisoner
tether
send down
retard
regulate
fasten
lock away
hold up
stymie
leash
put in prison
hold down
clap in irons
put in chains
slow
put in irons
bottle up
remand
put in jail
pinion
suppress
stifle
enchain
close
govern
short-circuit
embarrass
immobilizeUS
tame
thwart
take prisoner
stop
rein in
bang up
send to prison
immobiliseUK
chain up
truss
lash
apprehend
keep down
seize
nab
hold in custody
collar
catch
bust
gyve
enfetter
bastille
constrict
pick up
shut away
frustrate
measure
withhold
pin down
rule
entrammel
seclude
delay
moderate
cork
put into detention
pinch
circuit
orbit
circumnavigate
cuff
begird
tie down
belt
shut
cap
form a barrier round
form a ring around
institutionalizeUS
join
cumber
terminate
rope
book
railroad
stockade
rein
institutionaliseUK
settle
barricade
grip
subdue
choke
clap
nail
net
take
set
ensnare
snag
prevent
smother
nick
throw in jail
keep in check
stem
shelve
band
halt
slow down
keep lid on
keep in custody
deter
brake
grapple
keep within bounds
cincture
put half nelson on
keep under control
put a brake on
haul in
keep back
tie someone's hands
feel someone's collar
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
run down
lace
fix together
lock
veil
implant
induct
imbue
enshroud
insert
tie someone down
strap
crib
seal up
seal in
corner
partition
inter
cloister
entomb
prison
sentence
can
sheath
cocoon
idle
quell
engirdle
girt
enwind
girth
object
clasp
clamp
pin
press down
hold fast
slough
throw in dungeon
put a straitjacket on
throw the book at
throw away the keys
set limits on
impose limits on
keep under constraint
temper
mitigate
throw into irons
put into irons
truss up
hitch up
encapsulate
calm
cut down on
consign
throw book at
halo
enring
keep under custody
hold under custody
enmesh
forestall
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
put a leash on
put a lead on
modulate
ease
leaguer
send up the river
drive into a corner
set apart
gird in
assign
deliver
send
crush
moor
suspend
wall off
enthrallUS
enthralUK
keep a tight rein on
simmer down
gain control over
gain mastery over
relieve
entrap
peg
hitch
disrupt
beslave
bethrall
indenture
congregate
attack
assail
assault
certify
tone down
move around
form a ring round
bag
work over
work on
occlude
squeeze
attach
muzzle
come at from all sides
snare
hook
land
discontinue
establish
demarcate
clot
congest
jam
stuff
dampen
stall
postpone
put in custody
bit
curtail
harness
mothball
freeze
determine
retardate
foil
derail
block up
baulkUK
abduct
choke back
debar
hold in check
reduce to slavery
condemn to servitude
sell into slavery
subject to forced labour
condemn to slavery
cripple
defer
interrupt
pause
protract
specify
decide
snatch
cut short
stay
gag
rein back
guide
direct
kill
hogtie
stop up
plug up
gum up
dam
grab
lift
get
remit
crimp
prorogue
identify
stipulate
designate
delineate
classify
keep in
reel in
round up
prehend
glom
take captive
snap up
feel your collar
carry off
grab hold of
put the cuffs on
lay hold of
do
cop
buttonhole
break off
stop in your tracks
close off
stave off
put back
back off
hold off on
set back
take down
intermit
put off
bring to screeching halt
make late
get in the way of
shut down
bog down
slow up
choke off
prolong
stand in the way of
hold over
clog up
bung up
sit on
pull back
crack down
distinguish
demark
prescribe
ban
balkUS
deny
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
keep in line
bring under control
have on a tight leash
keep the lid on
mire
reserve
detail
mark
connect
hang up
drag feet
define
press tightly
cool off
clench
put straitjacket on
take in
set the boundaries of
set out
stake out
mark out
set the limits of
mark off
lay down
set bounds to
place in custody
throw monkey wrench in
gather
put into custody
remand in custody
run in
cramp someone's style
meet
unite
fuse
link
coalesce
couple
come into contact
form a circle
come together
put together
encounter
keep captive
hold hostage
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
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“The men say they could box the compass in Manx before they could box in English.”
Verb
▲
Involve in a situation
enmesh
entangle
trap
ensnare
involve
snare
embroil
net
tangle
catch
entrap
trammel
ensnarl
implicate
snarl
catch up
entoil
incriminate
mesh
hook
mire
bog down
drag into
draw in
lay for
mix up
make party to
lay a trap for
capture
bag
entwine
intertwine
twist
ravel
interlace
muddle
embrangle
knot
interweave
intertwist
connect
concern
associate
mat
complicate
jumble
broil
engage
inculpate
compromise
link
intertangle
enchain
expose
lasso
affect
tangle up
stitch up
bind
muck
confuse
perplex
dishevel
fetter
achieve
win
procure
take captive
foul
wire
springe
encumber
get hold of
pull in
get hands on
round up
stick
detain
cling
flounder
fit
coincide
agree
suit
complement
combine
interconnect
knit
make a party to
tie up
mess up
set back
hang up
coil
come together
kink
interlock
get into
scramble
jam
wind
tousle
relate
impute
accuse
finger
include
charge
cite
stigmatizeUS
stigmatiseUK
blame
name
frame
mean
snarl up
bear on
wrap up in
bring in
pin on
point the finger at
point finger at
point to
lay at one's door
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
prohibit
forbid
ban
outlaw
interdict
proscribe
bar
disallow
veto
enjoin
embargo
restrain
taboo
criminaliseUK
criminalizeUS
debar
block
cool
cork
exclude
forfend
freeze
gridlock
halt
inhibit
kill
make illegal
nix
rule out
spike
stymie
zing
bottle up
hang up
hold up
jam up
lock up
pass on
place an embargo on
put down
shut out
tie up
keep lid on
put chill on
bring to screeching halt
put a lock on
put a stopper in
put half nelson on
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
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Verb
▲
To restrain or keep in check
curb
restrain
check
control
suppress
inhibit
repress
bridle
contain
limit
moderate
constrain
impede
retard
smother
stifle
muffle
muzzle
regulate
restrict
strangle
subdue
curtail
deter
discipline
freeze
gag
hinder
hold
keep
keep under control
peg
tame
trammel
entrammel
fetter
govern
measure
rule
withhold
hold in
keep in check
put a limit on
rein in
cut back
choke back
cool down
cool off
hold back
hold down
keep back
keep within bounds
put the brakes on
slow down
bite back
button up
fight back
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
stem the flow of
tie up
keep a lid on
keep lid on
keep the lid on
bring to screeching halt
hamper
stop
obstruct
confine
arrest
quell
bottle up
overcome
silence
quash
block
prevent
interfere with
halt
master
frustrate
pull in
reduce
squash
squelch
thwart
swallow
cramp
hold up
shackle
handicap
beat
extinguish
quench
crush
slow
lessen
cool
encumber
hamstring
temper
diminish
stay
deaden
clog
still
defeat
conquer
hog-tie
delay
delimit
decrease
cork
nip in the bud
cork up
circumscribe
terminate
quiet
baulkUK
tone down
put an end to
put a stop to
cap
destroy
balkUS
mute
detain
crack down on
lick
overpower
stall
put a brake on
handcuff
stymie
choke
calm
shut down
tie
put down
clobber
damp
stamp out
rein
straiten
bind
vanquish
discourage
subjugate
interrupt
leash
get the better of
postpone
manacle
hobble
end
keep down
suspend
dampen
finish
mitigate
clamp down on
cut off
shut in
soften
bar
fix
put off
pocket
submerge
sink
demolish
foil
allay
get rid of
damp down
wipe out
lock up
embarrass
put the kibosh on
defer
kill
conceal
short-circuit
shelve
crack down
cut short
abolish
compose
stem
stave off
ward off
soothe
annihilate
extirpate
prohibit
hang up
put a damper on
avert
bound
mellow
debar
rout
constrict
lower
discontinue
overwhelm
quieten
simmer down
modulate
cumber
brake
resist
set
pause
shush
oppose
set back
hold in check
modify
rein back
hem in
tie down
keep in
slap down
snuff out
triumph over
slow up
assuage
sit on
prevail over
come down on
put back
gain mastery over
throw cold water on
get a grip on
put on ice
hold off
shut up
tranquilizeUS
hold over
pour cold water on
collect
staunch
adjust
throw a spanner in the works of
mollify
interdict
decelerate
best
monitor
ban
lull
chain
relieve
censor
demarcate
forestall
tranquillizeUK
settle
clamp down
intern
direct
dull
cover up
surmount
jailUS
catch
hide
prorogue
hush
imprison
divert
repulse
retardate
specify
gaolUK
impose limits on
set limits on
mothball
fend off
tongue-tie
enclose
throttle
put an stop to
demark
get over
draw up
remit
define
bring under control
fetch up
pull up
put away
crimp
stand in the way of
fence in
scotch
eliminate
bog down
weed out
hold captive
put the lid on
choke off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
eradicate
appease
gulp back
corner
depress
pacify
dam
humble
train
fasten
ease
disallow
blunt
solve
stunt
stanch
satisfy
dissuade
deny
manage
enjoin
let
chill
box up
keep in line
bit
intercept
keep secret
counteract
coop up
incarcerate
break
impound
suffocate
gentle
determine
slacken
guide
decide
alleviate
palliate
shake
immure
help
pigeonhole
overthrow
dispatch
abate
forfend
derail
quelch
adjourn
disadvise
scare
mire
ward
prescribe
table
head off
fence
ice
bork
hold off on
loiter
garroteUS
garrotteUK
delimitate
overmatch
repel
upend
immobilizeUS
immobiliseUK
girdle
oppress
black out
turn aside
worst
cuff
overbear
get
intermit
burke
dry up
qualify
drown
defend
pin down
hesitate
sweeten
pre-empt
hush up
skunk
lighten
lock in
down
alter
respite
break off
turn off
clam up
keep within limits
bring to a standstill
dulcify
cripple
win against
put half nelson on
talk out of
get around
bring up
dummy up
put a ceiling on
mark off
clip someone's wings
deal with
get control of
do down
put in irons
clap in irons
encircle
surround
soft-pedal
rise above
close off
take down
let up
back off
shut off
continue
put over
hold in abeyance
put a lid on
lay on the table
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
send up
put in chains
fight off
play down
put in cold storage
get in the way of
tie someone's hands
strangle at birth
take tough action
keep an eye on
keep something in check
proscribe
garrote/garrotte
lace
truss
fix together
lash
join
nip something in the bud
stamp something out
gulp
straitjacket
fight
obliterate
re-collect
estop
withstand
hold something in
choke something back
tie someone down
keep control of
protract
gain control over
quieten down
rally
recover
inspect
idle
scrunch
trash
squish
keep a rein on
set a limit on
keep on a string
strangulate
entrap
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
trap
bring to naught
collar
queer
prolong
benumb
blanket
numb
cauterizeUS
dash
stonewall
get under control
bite one's lip
cushion
educate
instruct
bottle something up
slake
snow under
make late
prevent from making progress
sabotage
no-platform
sate
satiate
asphyxiate
garotte
drag feet
put a straitjacket on
cramp one's style
put a crimp in
gimp
discountenance
placate
retain
waive
forbid to
cauteriseUK
cloud
ration
demur
shy
stumble
enfetter
enchain
gyve
pinion
put straitjacket on
reschedule
recess
deflate
find a solution to
find an answer to
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
warn
indispose
frighten
interfere
deprecate
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
throw monkey wrench in
cramp someone's style
shorten
narrow
shrink
inclose
prelimit
contract
tether
stop up
cease
chain up
clap
secure
deprive
necessitate
close in
concuss
shotgun
conciliate
cope with
cut down on
dither
prevaricate
quibble
equivocate
stand
tarry
gratify
correct
tape up
bind over
bind up
dumb
wreck
mar
ruin
constipate
torpedo
stagnate
stultify
not allow to go beyond
spike
keep within the limits of
refuse
lay off
keep hold of
strike dumb
clam
hold one's tongue
overawe
pipe down
hush-hush
close up
say nothing
make quiet
hush one's mouth
quiet down
baffle
dawdle
loaf
falter
bog
flag
poke
dissolve
indulge
meet
fulfilUK
seal somebody's lips
lay down the law to someone
bring into line
forbid
neutralizeUS
bottle
lock
chasten
gridlock
internalizeUS
internaliseUK
place a limit on
propitiate
comfort
ameliorate
spoil
faze
sandbag
taboo
outlaw
stand over
avoid the issue
take one's time
buy time
stand still
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
stand off
peter out
drag one's feet
not move
prorogate
put on hold
refuse to pay
put on back burner
put on the shelf
shut out
obviate
preclude
break up
suspend proceedings
bottleneck
keep inside
jam up
stop in your tracks
lag
draw the line on
hold it down
come to an end
knock off
bring to an end
call a halt to
take five
call a halt
take a breather
call it a day
take a rain check
take a break
take a recess
neutraliseUK
rebuff
circumvent
checkmate
harsh
mince
relax
put off the evil day
carry over
put in abeyance
do later
put off the evil hour
get tough on
fix up
patch things up
take sting out
keep under wraps
put on brakes
save
moisten
content
fulfillUS
glut
gorge
dominate
procrastinate
reef
embog
temperate
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
get back at
push back
reply
counter
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
dispirit
sap
hegemonize
reconcile
sugar
dulcorate
honey
slacken pace
take the edge off
mess up
command
bulwark
dodge
guard
deflect
ail
demoralizeUS
deject
trouble
dishearten
dismay
harness
back-water
lose speed
cut down
keep waiting
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
rule out
screen
escape
parry
evade
sway
get tough
hogtie
sadden
devitalize
upset
weaken
daunt
enervate
play for time
put a spoke in someone's wheel
hit the brakes
let down flaps
gain control of
balance
attune
duck
cover
fend
condition
dictate
influence
form
act like a wet blanket
tighten up on
meet halfway
cool out
shape
affect
mouldUK
pull back
cow
domesticate
water down
chagrin
abase
debilitate
perturb
bother
weary
distress
harmonizeUS
touch
underlie
cage
pen
establish
house-train
enslave
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
keep off
trounce
predispose
moldUS
incline
work on
shepherd
directionalize
dispose
act on
have on a tight leash
tone
vary
tune
stand up for
keep at bay
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
keep at arm's length
weigh down
demoraliseUK
bum out
bear down on
beat down
cast down
remand
impact on
exert influence on
reclaim
bust
domesticize
housebreak
cultivate
domiciliate
tank
come down on like a ton of bricks
stockade
bastille
have an effect on
be a factor in
commit
make tame
bring to heel
undo
thrash
drub
inflect
closet
cast a pall over
outstrip
outclass
stuff
surpass
outdo
excel
have an impact on
identify
stipulate
designate
classify
outline
delineate
jug
break in
hammer
take
distinguish
hold in custody
amend
revise
fine-tune
put into detention
put behind bars
shift
revamp
rail in
adapt
tweak
take prisoner
keep in custody
put under lock and key
send down
keep captive
send to prison
transmogrify
hold hostage
change
put inside
switch
lock away
hold prisoner
take into custody
bang up
put in prison
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
harmoniseUK
crucify
paste
floor
survive
whip
slaughter
devastate
weather
break the spirit
break the spirit of
detail
set out
rim
verge
border
encompass
set the limits of
flank
gird
set the boundaries of
belt
stake out
edge
wall in
compass
mark out
envelop
mark
lay down
set bounds to
throw
stun
walk over
render
prevail
win
shock
shellac
hurdle
outlive
own
knock out
grind down
make mincemeat of
knock over
render helpless
come out on top of
win over
render powerless
be victorious
be victorious over
come out on top
walk all over
bring someone to their knees
run rings around
blow out of the water
knock socks off
wipe the floor with
gain a victory over
take to the cleaners
render incapable
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Verb
▲
To put or place in a box
box
pack
package
case
encase
parcel
bale
bundle
crate
wrap
box up
bundle up
pack up
wrap up
parcel up
gift-wrap
tie up
enclose
batch
envelop
tie
do up
fasten together
decorate
adorn
gift wrap
giftwrap
bind
packet
roll
truss
fold
furl
fasten
bind up
tie together
roll up
pack together
fold up
truss up
wind up
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
hinder
obstruct
hamper
impede
arrest
delay
block
check
handicap
inhibit
retard
stop
thwart
frustrate
stymie
cramp
encumber
hamstring
baulkUK
curb
fetter
foil
trammel
forestall
hobble
prevent
shackle
constrain
cripple
curtail
deter
halt
interrupt
oppose
restrain
restrict
bottleneck
clog
handcuff
prohibit
baffle
burden
crimp
cumber
embarrass
manacle
muzzle
neutraliseUK
neutralizeUS
balkUS
bar
bork
choke
contravene
counteract
crab
debar
interfere
resist
hold back
hold up
interfere with
slow down
get in the way
set back
hog-tie
louse up
short-circuit
shut out
tie up
be a hindrance to
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a spoke in the wheel of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
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