hamstring vs permit

hamstring

noun
  • One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh. 

  • The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles. 

verb
  • To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. 

  • To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. 

permit

noun
  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A learner's permit. 

verb
  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

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