Hamstring Edit Meaning

1.

To cause one to not be able to move, walk, or function. To immobilize someone, to make someone powerless. (taken from the literal practice of cutting with a knife an animal's or person's hamstring muscle) past tense - hamstrung

The lack of investors will hamstring my efforts to move the project forward.

I was hamstrung by the flu prior to the marathon.

See hobble, thwart, stop, handicap