HyperDic: confine_to

English > 1 sense of the expression confine to:
VERBchangeconfine to, limit, circumscriberestrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
English > confine to: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningrestrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day".
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymslimit, circumscribe
Narrowercaprestrict the number or amount of
hold downrestrain
number, keep downplace a limit on the number of
restrict, curtail, curb, cut backplace restrictions on
Broaderdecrease, lessen, minifymake smaller
Spanishcircunscribir, limitar
Catalancircumscriure, limitar

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