cramp
verb/kræmp/
/kræmp/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cramp | /kræmp/ /kræmp/ |
| he / she / it cramps | /kræmps/ /kræmps/ |
| past simple cramped | /kræmpt/ /kræmpt/ |
| past participle cramped | /kræmpt/ /kræmpt/ |
| -ing form cramping | /ˈkræmpɪŋ/ /ˈkræmpɪŋ/ |
- cramp something to prevent the development or progress of somebody/something synonym restrict
- Tighter trade restrictions might cramp economic growth.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch krampe; sense 1 of the noun is via Old French crampe.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See cramp in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycramp somebody’s style
- (informal) to stop somebody from behaving in the way they want to
- She didn’t want me to go with her to the party in case I cramped her style.
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