Shackle (someone or something) with (something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "shackle (someone or something) with (something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jennifer Thu, Julia Huong calendar 2021-11-16 04:11

Meaning of Shackle (someone or something) with (something)

Shackle (someone or something) with (something) informal verb phrase

literal meaning

To put shackles or some similar kind of restraint on someone or an animal in order to fetter or confine them or it

The tiger must be shackled with metal chains.

The police shackled the criminal with handcuffs.

figurative meaning

To constrain or prevent one with some constrictive or burdensome obligation

My parents shacked me with burdensome responsibilities.

They were shackled with poverty.

Other phrases about:

tie (one) down

1. To constrain one's freedom

2. To hold someone firmly by tying them

Grammar and Usage of Shackle (someone or something) with (something)

Verb Forms

  • to shackle (someone or something) with something
  • shackles (someone or something) with something
  • shackling (someone or something) with something
  • shackled (someone or something) with something

The verb "shackle" should be conjugated according to its tense. This idiom is frequently used in passive structures.

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TODAY
to rob the cradle
have a romantic or sexual relationship with or marry someone much younger than oneself.
Example: The middle aged man robbed the cradle with the teenager.
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