| VERB | social | straiten, distress | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | straiten | squeeze together |
| Meaning | Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | distress | |
| Broader | trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Meaning | squeeze together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
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