straightjacket
straightjacket
Definition
straight·jacket (strāt′jak′it)
noun, transitive verb
straightjacket
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- law: To their credit, our legislators have held back from tying the press up in a straightjacket of privacy laws.
Converse of object
- put: One day they will put a straightjacket on those who need it before they manage to annihilate life on the planet.
- create: However there needs to be awareness that too many standards may create a straightjacket for service providers and may restrict innovation in service delivery.
Adjective modifier
- economic: An economic straightjacket of a single currency and an inflexible social model are the real perpetrators.
Browse dictionary entries near straightjacket
- straightforward
- straighten up
- straighten out
- straighten
- straightedge
- straightaway
- straight time
- straight ticket
- straight-through processing
- straight shooter
- straightway
- strain
- strained
- strainer
- straining piece
- strait
- strait jacket
- strait-laced
- straiten
- straitjacket
