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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
leash .
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Examples
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It tells us that there are things that SHOULD be "leashed" - held back, restrained, suppressed - that "leashing" such impulses is the normal state, and when that ceases to be, then something has gone wrong.
The Kraalspace 2008
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In a kind of leashed savagery, she probed the fowl with her knife point.
There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972
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In a kind of leashed savagery, she probed the fowl with her knife point.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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"That," he said, with a kind of leashed and restrained ferocity in his voice, "is Major P.tnam P. Stone -- and the P.stands for P.st, which is his middle name -- late of the Southern Confederacy."
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Poor Churchill seems a lost cause, so leashed to the animal that he'll never escape, no matter how valiantly he fights on, but could he help a lonely young widow in the House of Commons library?
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He has provided input on details down to the type of security cables used to keep products leashed to the tables, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Secrets From Apple's Genius Bar: Full Loyalty, No Negativity Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011
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When a horse is not in its corral or stall, a horse must be leashed or tied at all times, otherwise it will escape and probably not want to be caught.
Wendy Diamond: Esteemed Poet Jana Harris Showcases Equine Empathy Through Heartwarming Horse Tale Wendy Diamond 2011
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In the future, you'll spend a lot of time feeling like a dog leashed to a pole outside a grocery store.
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When a horse is not in its corral or stall, a horse must be leashed or tied at all times, otherwise it will escape and probably not want to be caught.
Wendy Diamond: Esteemed Poet Jana Harris Showcases Equine Empathy Through Heartwarming Horse Tale Wendy Diamond 2011
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Poor Churchill seems a lost cause, so leashed to the animal that he'll never escape, no matter how valiantly he fights on, but could he help a lonely young widow in the House of Commons library?
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