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hemming in

VERB

enclose, restrict

Synonyms

WEAK

begird beset border bound cage circle circumscribe close in confine corral define edge encircle encompass envelop environ fence fringe girdle hedge in immure margin pen rim ring round shut shut in skirt surround verge

Antonyms

WEAK

let go release

Example Sentences

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Enormous ring hunts depended on hemming in the prey and driving it into an ever-tightening circle, ensuring abundant kills for the king and a memorable spectacle for onlookers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

By midday, the display was largely peaceful, with Seattle police officers scattered along the route, hemming in marchers.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022

It is a form usually written, after all, to take place within a confined space, hemming in the players who strut and fret upon the stage.

From New York Times • May 31, 2020

But it also obscures the future, hemming in our sense of what’s possible, of how we might evolve to actually solve those problems.

From Slate • May 7, 2013

Colonel Wetherell is to cross country from Montreal and strike down the river north to St. Charles, thus hemming in the insurgents between Gore on the north and himself on the south.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)