VERB | contact | hem in | surround in a restrictive manner |
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competition | hem in, besiege, beleaguer, surround, circumvent | surround so as to force to give up |
Meaning | Surround in a restrictive manner. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Narrower | hedge | hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge |
Broader | surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously |
Spanish | cercar |
Meaning | Surround so as to force to give up. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | besiege, beleaguer, surround, circumvent | |
Narrower | blockade, seal off | impose a blockade on |
ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | |
Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
Spanish | asediar, cercar, sitiar | |
Catalan | assetjar |
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