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All hog-tie synonyms

hog-tie
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verb hog-tie

  • cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
  • clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
  • chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
  • hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
  • handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
  • curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
  • check — Check is also a noun.
  • hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
  • handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
  • cumber — to obstruct or hinder
  • frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
  • foil — to cover or back with foil.
  • hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
  • bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
  • bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • get in the way — be an obstacle
  • hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
  • drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
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