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hedge in

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Verb1.hedge in - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
hedge
inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
hedge - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"


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The walking party had crossed the lane, and were surmounting an opposite stile, and the Admiral was putting his horse in motion again, when Captain Wentworth cleared the hedge in a moment to say something to his sister.
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
Your master, you know, goes out every morning very early with his wife into the field; and they take their little child with them, and lay it down behind the hedge in the shade while they are at work.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
One calm, clear afternoon, however, in March, as I was superintending the rolling of the meadow-land, and the repairing of a hedge in the valley, I saw Mrs.
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