bind hand and foot vs cramp

bind hand and foot

verb
  • Prevented from doing what one wishes. 

  • Tie up (someone's) hands and feet. 

cramp

verb
  • To prohibit movement or expression of. 

  • (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. 

  • To form on a cramp. 

  • To affect with cramps or spasms. 

  • To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron. 

  • To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp. 

  • To bind together; to unite. 

noun
  • A clamp for carpentry or masonry. 

  • A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. 

  • That which confines or contracts. 

  • A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. 

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