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• hamstring, hamstrung — A hamstring is one of the tendons around the hollow of the knee. (One meaning of the word ham applies to the part of the human leg back of the knee.) As a verb, hamstring means to cripple or disable, to render powerless : You are trying to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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