Definition of "leashing" [leashing]

• Present participle of leash. (verb)

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• "I wish I believed in leashing my children …. luckily they are so close in age and they are both girls, so they tend to travel in the same general directions."
• "Purse strings are of limited use in leashing our bureaucracy because the rule making process usually imposes the costs on the target group."
• "Stevenson, when he was governor of Illinois, once rejected such a law, terming leashing"