hem in

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" hedge - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
	2.	hem in - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" besiege, circumvent, beleaguer, surround attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" seal off, blockade - impose a blockade on ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

Translations

? hem in

vt sep troops etc → einschließen, umgeben; (fig) → einengen