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To restrain with chains or manacles

To hamper or impede the movement or progress of

To entangle or trap, as if in a mesh or net

To cause to fail, or to make great attempts to

To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone

To load, or be loaded, heavily with

To become inactive or unchanging

To catch, or became caught, with a trap

Chains or shackles used to bind a person or animal

Restraints, usually of metal and often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement

A means used or imposed to restrict or control something

Situations that require resolution

Plural for a mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse

Plural for a period of time by which something is late or postponed

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To restrain with chains or manacles

immobilizes^US

immobilises^UK

puts a straitjacket on

jails^US

gaols^UK

clips someone's wings

enthralls^US

enthrals^UK

subjects to forced labour

condemns to slavery

sells into slavery

condemns to servitude

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To hamper or impede the movement or progress of

throws a spanner in the works

throws a monkey wrench in the works of

baulks^UK

balks^US

brings to screeching halt

puts at a disadvantage

fazes

stumps

places at a disadvantage

keeps a tight rein on

throws monkey wrench in

prevents from making progress

neutralizes^US

ties one's hands

puts a crimp in

keeps within the limits of

neutralises^UK

puts out of commission

throws a spoke in the wheel of

comes to a standstill

puts in an unfavourable position

inflicts a handicap on

gives a disadvantage to

jails^US

gaols^UK

throws a monkey wrench into

brings to a standstill

puts a spoke in someone's wheel

makes it impossible for

makes it impracticable for

takes wind out of sails

acts like a wet blanket

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“That horror in turn serves as symbol of the chains that trammel the spirit.”

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To entangle or trap, as if in a mesh or net

Verb

To cause to fail, or to make great attempts to

baulks^UK

balks^US

cooks someone's goose

plays off

puts a spoke in someone's wheel

takes wind out of

takes the wind out of your sails

throws a spanner in the works

throws monkey wrench in

halts in its tracks

throws a monkey wrench in the works

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To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone

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To load, or be loaded, heavily with

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To become inactive or unchanging

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To catch, or became caught, with a trap

Noun

Chains or shackles used to bind a person or animal

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Restraints, usually of metal and often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement

baulks^UK

balks^US

spanners in the works

disadvantages

hazard

flies in the ointment

defence^UK

defense^US

other sides of the coin

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“The most notable characteristic of Archimedes' mathematical work is its freedom from the trammels of traditional Greek mathematics.”

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A means used or imposed to restrict or control something

gaol^UK

jail^US

Noun

Situations that require resolution

flies in the ointment

hornets' nests

hot potatoes

spanners in the works

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Plural for a mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse

ellipsographs

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Plural for a period of time by which something is late or postponed

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