make sth restrictive
Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words
To cause something to become limiting or controlling.
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- Their attempts to make drug legislation more restrictive and repressive were criticized.
- The new security measures make travel across the border much more restrictive.
- We shouldn't make the rules so restrictive that no one can follow them.
- The company decided to make its hiring policy more restrictive to ensure quality.
- Does this contract make my employment terms too restrictive?
- The government is planning to make the zoning laws more restrictive in this area.
- They are trying to make the environment less restrictive for people with disabilities.
- If we make the entry requirements restrictive, we might lose talented applicants.
- The court's ruling will make current trade practices highly restrictive.
- Parents often make household rules more restrictive as children get older.