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[fence in] or
[hedge in] or [hem in] {v.} To keep (someone) fromdoing what he or she would
like to do. Usually used in the passive.
Mary felt fenced in because her
father would not let her drive a caror have dates with boys.
John didn't
like his job because he hadto do the same kind of work all the time. He felt
that he was hemmedin.
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