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What does hamstringing mean?

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  1. present participle of hamstring
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A way to address the resource problem hamstringing education is to approach the developing world's indebtedness with the same sense of urgency and resolve as would accompany an economic collapse.
And religious conservatives are repelled by the Foley scandal. As for the terror hawks, many are doubtless appalled at the idea of a Democratic Congress hamstringing a wartime commander-in-chief with investigations.
The South Korean actions included effectively hamstringing the Seoul office of Bank Mellat, which handles transactions for 70 percent of South Korean exports to Iran.
Once again we see Europe hamstringing business rather than liberating it.
While we are decreasing the barriers to external trade and supporting the persistence of internal barriers to trade, we are hamstringing the industrial complex within our country.
Appellants often allege that the trial judges interject too often, either hamstringing examination of witnesses, or conducting it themselves.

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