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Raises The Hem Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• make short or shorter

• become short or shorter

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

37%6Raises or lowers a hem, say
verb

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

• make an alteration to

• insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

• remove the ovaries of

23%7Hem in
verb

• surround so as to force to give up

• cause to feel distressed or worried

• harass, as with questions or requests

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New York Times04 Dec 1993 Across 17
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Technique often used in dressmaking to create a neat and invisible hem

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