strait-jacket

[US]/ˈstraɪtˌdʒækɪt/
[UK]/ˈstraɪtˌdʒækɪt/

Translation

n.a garment used to restrain the arms of a mentally ill person
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

strait-jacketed mind

put in a strait-jacket

strait-jacket laws

strait-jacket approach

like a strait-jacket

strait-jacketed system

escape a strait-jacket

strait-jacketed ideas

wearing a strait-jacket

strait-jacketed thinking

Example Sentences

the rigid rules felt like a strait-jacket on his creativity.

she felt trapped in a corporate strait-jacket, longing for freedom.

the new policy imposed a financial strait-jacket on the department.

he escaped the strait-jacket of traditional thinking and pursued innovation.

the legal system can sometimes feel like a bureaucratic strait-jacket.

they broke free from the strait-jacket of convention and started a new business.

the band refused to be put in a strait-jacket by record label demands.

the artist chafed against the strait-jacket of the gallery's aesthetic.

the government’s economic policies were a tight strait-jacket for small businesses.

he wanted to avoid the strait-jacket of a pre-determined career path.

the project was stifled by a rigid strait-jacket of procedures.

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