Cage and Limit

Cage

Cage verb - To close or shut in by or as if by barriers.

Usage example: caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up

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Limit and cage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Limit" instead a verb "Cage".

Nearby Words: cagey, caged, caging

Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

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Cage and limit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cage" instead a verb "Limit".

physical	physical cage	physical limit
safe	safe cage	safe limit
similar	similar cage	similar limit
original	original cage	original limit
Other adjectives: outer, single, small, actual, large, big, huge, final, highest, last, enforced.

In Suicide Squad, Harley's cell is a cage within a cage, the obvious intent to limit her reach and protect anyone outside of it.

Source: Tailor-Made Prison
When you have a Contract-On-a-Pole, Two Out of Three Falls, lumberjack match contested in a steel cage under a time limit, it gets ridiculous.

Source: So You Want To / Be A Booker
The contestant was stuck in a cage with an alpaca and had to pull a certain number of ribbons of his or her color off its coat within the time limit; of course, the alpaca kicked and spit at the contestant the whole time.

Source: Series / El gran juego de la oca

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