Handcuff
Handcuff verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Rule and handcuff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Handcuff".
Nearby Words: handcuffed, handcuffing
Rule
Rule verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: a monarch who is known for ruling her emotions with an iron hand
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Common collocations
| people | handcuff people | rule people |
Both words in one sentence
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Rule of Funny: Bonkers explains to Lucky that this is a large part of how Toon physics work.note Similar to how Roger Rabbit explanied to Eddie Valiant how he could "only" take his hand out of the handcuff "when it was funny".
Source: Western Animation / Bonkers -
This worked both for and against Cena at TLC 2013: Ain't no rule saying Randy Orton can't handcuff Cena to the ring ropes while Orton climbs the ladder to victory, and nothing stopped Cena from unscrewing the rope from the corner post in a last-ditch effort to stop him.
Source: Wrestling / John Cena
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