HEM IN

• (verb) surround so as to force to give up

  "The Turks besieged Vienna"

  synonyms : beleaguer , besiege , circumvent , surround

  the clown was beleaguered by all the children into doing the peel-slip routine once again. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) surround in a restrictive manner

  "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

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