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adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]If someone or something is tied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else. [informal] He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know. [+ with] More and more old people have capital tied up in a house. [Also + in]Synonyms: busy, occupied, engaged, engrossed More Synonyms of tied up Synonyms of 'tied up'busy, occupied, engaged, engrossed More Synonyms of tied up In other languagestied up British English: tied up ADJECTIVE If someone or something is tied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else. He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know. - American English: tied up
- Brazilian Portuguese: ocupado
- Chinese: 脱不了身的
- European Spanish: liado
- French: occupé
- German: vollauf beschäftigt
- Italian: occupato
- Japanese: 手一杯である
- Korean: 바쁜
- European Portuguese: ocupado
- Latin American Spanish: enganchado
He's tied up with his new book. Additional synonymsthe various projects he was engaged on Synonyms occupied, working, involved, committed, employed, busy, absorbed, tied up, preoccupied, engrossedHe didn't notice because he was too engrossed in his work. Synonyms absorbed, lost, involved, occupied, deep, engaged, gripped, fascinated, caught up, intrigued, intent, preoccupied, immersed, riveted, captivated, enthralled, raptI forgot about it because I was so occupied with other things. Synonyms busy, engaged, employed, working, active, tied up (informal), engrossed, hard at work, in harness, hard at it (informal), rushed off your feet - tie something up
- tie the knot
- tie-up
- tied up
- tier
- tiff
- tiger
- tie something up
- tie something or someone up
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