fence in
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Verb | 1. | fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" |
2. | fence in - surround with a wall in order to fortify protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification |
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vt sep
(fig) to fence somebody in → jdn in seiner Freiheit einschränken or beschränken, jds Freiheit beschneiden or einengen; don’t fence me in → lass mir meine Freiheit; to feel fenced in by restrictions → sich von Beschränkungen eingeengt fühlen
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