hemsomeonein
phrasal verbwithhemverb[T]uk/hem/us/hem/-mm-
tosurroundsomeone andpreventthem frommovingor doing what theywantto do:
When theyreachedTrafalgar Square, thedemonstratorswerehemmedin by thepolice.
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- surround
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
- twine