Primary interpretation
Core meaning
Detractors will worry
Interpretive tone
Neutral
Key themes
Symbolics
Word interpretation
Symbol in the reading of Miller
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Primary interpretation
Detractors will worry
Interpretive tone
Key themes
Primary interpretation
Detractors will worry
Interpretive tone
Key themes
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In a dream, to find yourself in handcuffs means that you will be disturbed by your ill-wishers.
Seeing others in handcuffs means that you will weaken their influence and rise above your surroundings.
To see handcuffs portends illness and danger. It can also mean that unsympathetic and unfriendly people will thicken an atmosphere of hostility around you.
To break free from shackles in a dream promises you that you will happily avoid some kind of trap.
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