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cramped someone's style

cramped someone's style is the simple past and past participle of cramp someone's style.

Meaning of cramp someone's style

Verb

cramp someone's style (third-person singular simple present cramps someone's style, present participle cramping someone's style, simple past and past participle cramped someone's style)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To restrict someone's free action or expression.
    • I don't want my Mum to go to the party: she'd really cramp my style.

Questions about cramped someone's style

What is cramped someone's style the simple past and past participle of?
Cramped someone's style is the simple past and past participle of cramp someone's style.

Words near cramped someone's style in the dictionary

  1. cramp someone's style
  2. cramp up
  3. Crampagna
  4. crampbark
  5. cramped
  6. cramped someone's style
  7. cramped up
  8. crampedly
  9. crampedness
  10. cramper
  11. crampers

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