straitjacket
A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus…A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
» They put Tom in a straitjacket.
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2 sensesA jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
Zwangsjacke
смири́тельная руба́шкаsmirítelʹnaja rubáška
(figuratively)Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
our ever-increasing bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations
- a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
Examples
10 sentencesThey put Tom in a straitjacket.
They put him in a straitjacket.
ruОни надели на него смирительную рубашку. — marafon
They put her in a straitjacket.
Your religion is like a "straitjacket."
Your generation is vested in a "straitjacket."
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Forms
plural: straitjacketsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person:straightjacket
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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