bind hand and foot

bind hand and foot (third-person singular simple present binds hand and foot, present participle binding hand and foot, simple past and past participle bound hand and foot)

1. (transitive) Tie up (someone's) hands and feet.
2. (transitive, figurative) Prevented from doing what one wishes.

   Synonym: tie hand and foot

   bound hand and foot

• hand and foot
• wait on hand and foot

• “hand and foot”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “be bound hand and foot by something”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “tie bind somebody hand and foot” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.