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Phrase(s): trap someone or something in something
to catch someone or something in a trap. • Jed accidentally trapped Tex in his bear trap. • Jerry trapped a rabbit in his trap., Phrase(s): trap someone in something
to catch someone in an inconsistency or contradiction. • The lawyer trapped the witness in his inconsistencies. • She trapped herself in her own argument.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs