chained

chained
[[t]tʃe͟ɪnd[/t]]
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n (emphasis)
If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.

Surely modern women want to be informed of world current affairs; we are no longer chained to the kitchen sink!...

In the bad old days women used to be chained to unhappy marriages for financial or social reasons.


English dictionary. 2008.

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