HANDCUFFING Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

handcuffing

verb

present participle of handcuff

as in tying

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains wanted to take the trip, but was handcuffed by her responsibility to watch her ailing father

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as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of the fear that the new mandatory, standardized tests will handcuff the state's teachers, who will have to specifically tailor their lesson plans for the test

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That challenge is also led by Missouri, which made many of the same legal arguments tying its finances to MOHELA’s revenues.

Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Set it up by tying a 12 to 24 inch length of 6-lb fluorocarbon to your main line, leaving a 3- to 4-inch tag end off your knot, and then tie on a 1/4 ounce casting weight to the bottom of the line.

Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024

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