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hedge in

verb
  1. To enclose or surround (something) with a hedge, trees or other plant life. (transitive) · I've been working on hedging in the yard with trees.
  2. To limit or constrain (someone). (figuratively, transitive) · She was hedged in by her husband's rules.· It was a promise, but hedged in with so many ifs and buts that I wouldn't rely on it.
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Cunningham and his son, who were able to point out the exact spot where the murderer had broken through the garden-hedge in his flight.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 37 · B2

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