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handcuff

hand·cuff [ hánd kùf ]


noun 
Definition:
 
wrist restraints: either of a pair of joined metal rings locked around somebody's wrists as a restraint ( usually used in the plural )



transitive verb  (past and past participle hand·cuffed, present participle hand·cuff·ing, 3rd person present singular hand·cuffs)
Definition:
 
1. put somebody in handcuffs: to restrain somebody by using handcuffs

2. greatly hamper somebody or something: to make somebody or something ineffective
handcuffed by bureaucratic regulations

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