Straiten (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
  2. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc: Poverty straitens one's way of living.
  3. Archaic.
    • to make narrow.
    • to confine within narrow limits.
verb
  1. to embarrass or distress, esp financially
  2. to limit, confine, or restrict
  3. to make or become narrow
Straiten (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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