to handcuff
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3.6
- verb
- /ˈhændˌkʌf/
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esposar
- Get back to your room or I will have you handcuffed to your bed.
And that's where we got him, handcuffed him, put him in the car.
- And that's where we got him, handcuffed him, put him in the car.
- Yeah, for a good half an hour, they couldn't handcuff me.
- That's where the lockdowns come in, the arrests, the threats, the the handcuffing and so forth.
- Yeah, it's a little of all those things, it was one, It was not an order to handcuff.
- When they take you to the shower, you are told to put your hands through a trap in the door and they handcuff you.
- He is face down, handcuffed, being murdered.
- I could have been released but be handcuffed.
- Well, how can I am I completely, you know, handcuffed now?
Examples
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Would someone mind shooting the man handcuffed to the bench?
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After the suspect resisted arrest, the officer had to handcuff him to avoid any further violence.
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What, are you gonna handcuff me?
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Never figured there was any need to handcuff him.
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Whether he'll be handcuffed, though, that remains an open question.
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You handcuff me to a radiator, you bust me in the head, then steal my bike.
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And there was like the American police and then they handcuffed me and had a blanket over me.
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And that's where we got him, handcuffed him, put him in the car.
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I had thought I would be handcuffed and deported on the spot.
Fiction book (1997) -
One drove; the other dozed; the third sat in the back, handcuffed to Larry.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
86
4.6
Hold a person or thing so it cannot move freely
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7.2
To put metal bands around someone's wrists to stop their hands from moving
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6.2
To restrain someone with chains or limit their freedom
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8.7
To tie or chain someone's feet to stop them moving freely
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9.3
To put locked metal rings around someone's wrists to stop them moving
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9.9
To put metal chains on someone's ankles to stop them moving
To grab and hold someone to stop them
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Handcuff as a verb comes from the noun handcuff and means to put those metal cuff bands on a person's hand; so to handcuff someone is to 'fasten' their wrists so they cannot move freely.