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in leash

in leash prepositional phrase: restrained with a leash.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Restrained with a leash.
  2. (figuratively) Under restraint; retrained; retaining one's composure.
    • "I shall hold myself strongly in leash, and see whether by this self-restraint I attain a more favorable result."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about in leash

What does in leash mean?
In leash means restrained with a leash.
What part of speech is in leash?
In leash is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in leash in the dictionary

  1. in laymen's terms
  2. in layperson's terms
  3. in laywoman's terms
  4. in league
  5. in league with
  6. in leash
  7. in length
  8. in lesbians
  9. in less than no time
  10. in lieu
  11. in lieu of

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