Handcuff and Help

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Handcuff

Handcuff verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

Usage example: the fear that the new mandatory, standardized tests will handcuff the state's teachers, who will have to specifically tailor their lesson plans for the test

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Help is an antonym for handcuff in hamper topic.

Nearby Words: handcuffed, handcuffing

Help

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Handcuff is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Common collocations

hero	handcuff hero	help hero
man	handcuff man	help man
people	handcuff people	help people
someone	handcuff someone	help someone
Other words: brother.

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