ring-fence
Verb
Meaning
ring-fence (third-person singular simple present ring-fences, present participle ring-fencing, simple past and past participle ring-fenced)
Alternative form of ringfence.
Examples
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.
Despite the modern-day pressures to transcend gender-based stereotypes, he has a tangible disdain for shopping, doing everything in his power to ring-fence it within Lindi’s household portfolio.
“I certainly expect restrictions will be further tightened to ensure we ring-fence the areas of outbreak,” he told Sky News.
"What we have now done is fundamentally ring-fence Racing.