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hogtie

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hog·tie or hog-tie  (hôgt, hg-)
tr.v. hog·tied or hog-tied, hog·tie·ing or hog-tie·ing or hog·ty·ing or hog-ty·ing, hog·ties or hog-ties
1. To tie together the feet or legs of.
2. Informal To impede or disrupt in movement or action. See Synonyms at hamper1.

hogtie [ˈhɒgˌtaɪ]
vb -ties, -tying, -tied (tr) Chiefly US
1. to tie together the legs or the arms and legs of
2. to impede, hamper, or thwart


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Likewise, Congress should remain silent on such local issues unless it is going to hogtie the federal courts.
I HAVE THREE SONS, AND I TOLD EVERYONE OF THEM, IF YOU EVEN THINK OF GOING INTO THE MILITARY, I'LL HOGTIE YOU AND THROW YOU IN THE BASEMENT.
We are moving right along with Henry the paper boy, because when things go wrong, Henry flies on borrowed power: he hogties a roughneck dog, arrests a runaway wagon, saves a threatened cat, and then saves the sparrow the cat's after.
 
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