straightjacket
Britishnoun
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Barker added that the Treasury had "imposed a straightjacket" on the government.
From BBC
Colleen Dolan, an education expert with expertise in Stephen King film adaptations, tells Salon, “B***hery gets them out of the straightjacket of respectability, what Betty Friedan had called the ‘feminine mystique.’
From Salon
But instead, Jabeur's old-school style - she smiles as she crafts points with spins and slice - was tied up in a straightjacket of nerves.
From BBC
"There's this dark cloud over us, and I describe it to people that I am farming in a straightjacket."
From BBC
Financial markets have treated the constitutional spending cap as Brazil’s principal fiscal anchor in recent years, but politicians across the spectrum criticize it as a budgetary straightjacket during economic crises.
From Reuters
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