tie someone's hands
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tie someone's hands (third-person singular simple present ties someone's hands, present participle tying someone's hands, simple past and past participle tied someone's hands)
- (idiomatic, often in passive voice) To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone.
- This contract would have tied my hands.
- I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied.