box in

Strongest matches

• assault
• surround
• trap
• waylay

Strong matches

• ambuscade
• assail
• bushwhack
• decoy
• ensnare
• entrap
• hide
• hook
• jump
• lurk
• net
• surprise
• wait

Weak matches

• dry-gulch
• hem in
• lay for
• set trap

Strongest matches

• constrain
• contain
• control
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• restrain
• suppress
• tame

Strong matches

• abstain
• bit
• bridle
• check
• deny
• fetter
• hobble
• hog-tie
• hold down
• ice
• leash
• manacle
• moderate
• muzzle
• refrain
• retard
• scrub
• shackle
• subdue
• tie
• withhold

Weak matches

• bottle up
• bring to screeching halt
• cool down
• cool off
• entrammel
• hold back
• hold in
• keep lid on
• keep tight rein on
• rein in
• send up
• tie up

Strongest matches

• embroil
• ensnare
• entangle
• entrap
• implicate
• snare

Strong matches

• catch
• hook
• incriminate
• net
• snarl
• tangle
• trammel
• trap

Weak matches

• drag into
• draw in
• lay a trap for
• lay for
• make party to

Strongest matches

• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• entice
• implicate
• seduce

Strong matches

• allure
• bag
• beguile
• catch
• decoy
• embroil
• hook
• inveigle
• lure
• net
• snare
• tempt
• trap
• trick

Weak matches

• benet
• lay for
• lead on
• reel in
• rope in
• set up
• suck in

Strongest matches

• block
• burden
• crimp
• curb
• delay
• deter
• frustrate
• hamper
• hamstring
• hold up
• impede
• inhibit
• interfere
• interrupt
• obstruct
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• retard
• slow down
• thwart

Strong matches

• arrest
• balk
• bar
• bottleneck
• check
• choke
• clog
• contravene
• counteract
• crab
• cramp
• debar
• encumber
• fetter
• hog-tie
• muzzle
• neutralize
• offset
• oppose
• resist
• snafu
• stay
• stop
• stymie
• terminate
• trammel

Weak matches

• get in the way
• hold back
• louse up
• shut out

Strongest matches

• ban
• block
• constrain
• enjoin
• forbid
• freeze
• halt
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• outlaw
• preclude
• prevent
• proscribe
• restrain
• restrict
• rule out

Strong matches

• cool
• cork
• debar
• disallow
• forfend
• hamper
• interdict
• kill
• nix
• obstruct
• spike
• stymie
• taboo
• veto

Weak matches

• bottle up
• bring to screeching halt
• gridlock
• hang up
• hold up
• jam up
• keep lid on
• lock up
• pass on
• put a lock on
• put a stopper in
• put chill on
• put down
• put half nelson on
• shut out
• throw cold water on
• tie up
• zing

Strongest matches

• besiege
• circle
• envelop
• hem in
• inundate
• ring

Strong matches

• beleaguer
• beset
• blockade
• border
• bound
• circumscribe
• circumvent
• compass
• confine
• edge
• enclave
• encompass
• environ
• fringe
• gird
• girdle
• invest
• limit
• loop
• margin
• outline
• rim
• round
• skirt
• verge

Weak matches

• close around
• close in
• close in on
• fence in
• go around
• lay siege to
• shut in

Strongest match

• ambush

Strong matches

• ambuscade
• beguile
• circumvent
• collar
• corner
• corral
• deceive
• decoy
• dupe
• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• entrap
• fool
• grab
• hook
• inveigle
• land
• mousetrap
• nab
• nail
• net
• overtake
• seduce
• snag
• surprise
• take
• tangle
• trammel

Weak matches

• rope in
• suck in
• trip up