Definition of "hemmed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of hem. (verb)

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• "Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng."
• "At first they kind of hemmed and hawed because the guy who rented it to me wasn't there anymore."
• "And with no lights on one of these cavernous vessels, they were kind of hemmed in there."