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Hamstring Past Hæmstrɪŋ Noun Countable  Tendon  Behind Knee

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1  / hæmstrɪŋ /   noun  [ countable ] 
  a  tendon  behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport :  
He  pulled a hamstring  in training. 
hamstring injury/problem/strain etc 
 
  

   verb  ( past tense and past participle  hamstrung  / -strʌŋ / )  [ transitive ] 

  to make someone unable to take the action they want or need to take, especially by restricting them :  
The President feels he is hamstrung by Congress. 
 
  

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