hamstringverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ˈhæm.strɪŋ/us/ˈhæm.strɪŋ/hamstrungto limit the amount of something that can be done or the ability or power of someone to do something:
The company was hamstrung by traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business.
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- cramp
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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hamstringnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhæm.strɪŋ/us/ˈhæm.strɪŋ/any of five tendons (= pieces of tissue connecting muscles to bones) at the back of the knee:
He pulled (= injured) a hamstring while playing football.
one of the three large muscles at the back of the thigh:
the hamstring muscles
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The leg
- Achilles tendon
- appendage
- appendicular
- crural
- cruris
- gastrocnemius
- gemellus
- haunch
- leggy
- peroneal
- peroneus
- pes anserinus
- piriformis
- popliteal
- shank
- subsartorial
- subtalar
- surae
- sural
- talocalcaneal
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