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cramping someone's style

cramping someone's style is the present participle and gerund 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 cramping someone's style

What is cramping someone's style the present participle and gerund of?
Cramping someone's style is the present participle and gerund of cramp someone's style.

Words near cramping someone's style in the dictionary

  1. crampfishes
  2. crampier
  3. crampiest
  4. crampiness
  5. cramping
  6. cramping someone's style
  7. cramping up
  8. crampingly
  9. crampings
  10. crampish
  11. crampit

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