"tie someone's hands" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "ties someone's hands",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tying someone's hands",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied someone's hands",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tied someone's hands",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This contract would have tied my hands."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "passive voice",
          "passive voice"
        ],
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ],
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often in passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, often in passive voice) To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "have one's hands tied"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's hands full"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "word": "tie someone's hands"
}

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    {
      "form": "ties someone's hands",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tying someone's hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied someone's hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied someone's hands",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "have one's hands tied"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's hands full"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This contract would have tied my hands."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone."
      ],
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          "passive voice",
          "passive voice"
        ],
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ],
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic, often in passive voice) To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone."
      ],
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