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| strait·jack·et [ stráyt jàkət ] or straight·jack·et [ stráyt jàkət ] |
noun (plural strait·jack·ets) (plural straight·jack·ets) |
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1. confining jacket-shaped garment: a jacket-shaped garment with long sleeves that can be tied together, used to restrict the arm movements of somebody who is thought to be dangerous
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2. thing that restricts: something that limits somebody's freedom of action or initiative
  a bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations
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transitive verb (past and past participle strait·jack·et·ed, present participle strait·jack·et·ing, 3rd person present singular strait·jack·ets) (past and past participle straight·jack·et·ed, present participle straight·jack·et·ing, 3rd person present singular straight·jack·ets) |
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1. put straitjacket on somebody: to put somebody into a straitjacket to restrict arm movements
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2. restrict somebody: to limit somebody's freedom of action or initiative
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