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English verb: straiten | |||
| 1. | straiten (social) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | ||
| Synonyms | distress | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble | ||
| 2. | straiten (contact) squeeze together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||
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