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  • to restrain from free expression —used especially in the phrase cramp one's style
  • cramped; cramp​ing; cramps

    Definition (Entry 3 of 4)

    • transitive ​verb
    • to affect with or as if with a cramp or cramps
    • confine, restrain //was cramped in the tiny apartment
      to restrain from free expression —used especially in the phrase cramp one's style //My mother wasn't one to do much cooking. It cramped her style. — Lonnée Hamilton