tie sth up
— phrasal verb with tie uk/taɪ/us/taɪ/verb present participle tying, past tense and past participle tied
(FASTENED)
to fasten something together using string, rope, or something similar:
It was an old-fashioned parcel, tied up with string.
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- truss
- tying
- yoke
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(NOT AVAILABLE)
to cause something, often money or possessions, not to be available for use:
All my money is tied up in property.
He tied up the printer all morning, printing out copies of his presentation.
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Unavailable and inaccessible
- busy
- busy signal
- discontinued
- engaged
- gone
- impenetrable
- inaccessible
- irrecoverable
- lost
- off
- out
- oversubscribed
- reserved
- season
- spoken for
- tie
- tie sb up
- unavailable