āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to hem in
[phrase form: hem]
01
āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to encircle someone or something in a way that restricts their movement or choices
Transitive: to hem in sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The rocky terrain hemmed in the explorers, making progress difficult.
āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to restrict someone by enclosing them in a way that limits their movement or freedom
Transitive: to hem in sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The protesters were hemmed in by the police barriers on all sides.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
