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shackle

verb

/ˈʃækəl/

Meaning

to chain or restrain; to restrict someone’s actions or freedom

Outdated regulations shackle small businesses and slow innovation.

throw off the shackles

chain, fetter, bind, restrain, hamper

free, liberate, unshackle

shackle progress, economic shackles, iron shackles, shackle a prisoner, throw off shackles

To assume or suggest something as a fact or basis for reasoning.

to stop the flow of blood or liquid from a wound or source

Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

to take or use something dishonestly, especially money or property, for one's own use

to congratulate; to express good wishes

to settle a dispute between two parties by acting as an impartial judge