cantonner
Meanings
Verb
1. to station; billet (troops) (military)
2. to be stationed, be billeted (intransitive, military)
3. to confine (someone to) (transitive)
4. to take refuge (in) (reflexive, with dans)
5. to restrict oneself (to); focus (on) (reflexive, with à, dans)
6. be restricted, confined (reflexive, with à, dans)
7. to fortify, set up or establish defenses (reflexive, military, with dans)
Examples1
Tertio : s’ouvrir sur l’extérieur, ne pas se cantonner à son pré carré.
Thirdly, to open oneself up to the outside world, and not confine oneself to one's own turf.