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Phrase(s): hedge someone in
Fig. to restrict someone. (See also hedge someone or something in.) • Our decision hedged in the children so they could not have any flexibility. • She hedged herself in by her own behavior., Phrase(s): hedge someone or something in
to enclose someone or something in a hedge. (See also hedge someone in.) • Their overgrown yard has almost hedged us in. • Their bushes hedged in our yard.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs