Cover
Handcuff
Handcuff verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Cover and handcuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Handcuff".
Nearby Words: handcuffed, handcuffing
Common collocations
| hands | cover hands | handcuff hands |
Both words in one sentence
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When he decides he wants out, he leaps back onto a guy holding him at gunpoint and catches the latter's gun under his arm, causing a spray of bullets and making other guards cover, then kills the guy with his knees and quickly loots the handcuff key from him.
Source: Handy Cuffs
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