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cramp someone's style
Slang to hamper someone's usual skill or confidence in doing something

cramp one's style

Idiom[s]: cramp one's style

Theme: LIMITATION

to limit someone in some way.
I hope this doesn't cramp your style, but could you please not hum while you work?
To ask him to keep regular hours would really be cramping his style.

cramp one's style|cramp|style

v. phr., informal To limit your natural freedom; prevent your usual behavior; limit your actions or talk. He cramped his style a good deal when he lost his money. Army rules cramped George's style.

cramp someone's style

cramp someone's style
Restrict or prevent someone from free action or expression, as in It really cramps my style when Mom hovers around me while I'm making dinner. Although in 1819 Charles Lamb complained that using different inks cramped his style of writing, the present sense of this colloquial term dates only from the early 1900s.

cramp your style

cause problems for you, cause stress for you If we can't buy a Corvette, will it cramp your style?

writer's cramp|cramp|writer

n. Pain in the fingers or hand caused by too much writing. Holding your pencil too tightly for too long often gives you writer's cramp. Often used humorously to stress the idea that you have been doing a lot of writing. By the time Mary finished her Christmas cards she complained of writer's cramp.