What does hamstring mean in English?

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hamstring Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 to limit the amount of something that can be done or the ability or power of someone to do something:
- The company was hamstrung by traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business.
1 any of five tendons (= pieces of tissue connecting muscles to bones) at the back of the knee:
- He pulled (= injured) a hamstring while playing football.
- the hamstring muscles
2 to prevent an activity, or to block the effectiveness of someone or something:
- The company is hamstrung by its traditional but inefficient ways of doing business.
3 a muscle at the back of the upper part of the leg:
- I played the whole game with a pulled hamstring (= injured muscle in the leg).

We are once again in one sense hamstrung by our own rules of procedure.
We might make a small mistake and be unnecessarily hamstrung about it.
The local authorities have been hamstrung in their attempts to deal with the situation.
He is also hamstrung by the fact that he has not resolved his attitude towards flat-rate contributions and earnings-related contributions.
Such specifications have hamstrung our designers and manufacturers, whereas this new arrangement will free them.
I do not believe that foundation trusts will work, because the manager will still be hamstrung by such interference.
The assembly would be hamstrung until after the election three months later.
In that way they were entirely hamstrung and were generally unable to proceed with their schemes unless they went elsewhere for their loans.