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Jimmy Hung
2022-04-18 10:04
Clap (one) in(to) (something or some place) phrase
If you clap someone into somewhere, you force that person into that place quickly or suddenly.
After catching the purse snatcher, they clapped him into prison.
Mary reoffended, so the cops clapped her in irons again.
If you clap someone into something, you compel that person to wear an object or a piece of equipment designed to restrict the movement of the hands or feet, such as handcuffs.
The terrorists clapped all the hostages in handcuffs.
I remember clapping him in handcuffs, but he somehow managed to escape.
To imprison someone forever or indefinitely
To suddenly put one in jail or chains
1. To remove it from the place where it is
2. To have something as the effect of an event
3. To take someone along to some place
4. To arrest or imprison someone.
5. To awe someone.
6. To win something hand downs.
7. To buy food at a restaurant for eating elsewhere.
8. (take away from) To detract from something.
9. To remove something from someone as a punishment
10. To make a feeling, pain, etc. disappear.
11. To learn something from an experience or activity.
12. To make money from something.
13. To subtract a number
14. (take it away) Let the show begin!
1. To request someone to leave a college or a university
2. To put someone in prison
3. To send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose
4. To order room service at the hotel
To confine or imprison someone or an animal within a pen or a similarly tiny, limited place.
The verb "clap" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
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