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hamstring

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hamstring/ˈhamstrɪŋ/

▶noun any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee.

■ the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock.

▶verb (past and past part. hamstrung)

1 cripple by cutting the hamstrings.

2 thwart or severely restrict.

– origin C16: from ham1 + string.

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