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Definition of: tether
(teth′ər) noun
1. Something used to check or confine, as a rope for fastening an animal.
2. The range, scope, or limit of one's powers or field of action.
—at the end of one's tether At the extreme end or limit of one's resources.
—v.t. To fasten or confine by a tether. [ME tethir <Scand. Cf. ON tiodhr a tether.]
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