handcuff
noun
a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle.
will handcuff
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future tenseof handcuff.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Officers are also expected to formulate a plan for who in the group will handcuff and search the suspect, the department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Ray’s declaration comes after the crippling punishment that will handcuff Penn State’s cherished football program for at least a decade.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2012
Many doctors fear that the research will handcuff them with a "cookbook mentality" -- a dash of this, a pinch of that, and the result is known.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will handcuff me," I said, "if you think that necessary.
From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray
