tie-upnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtaɪ.ʌp/us/ˈtaɪ.ʌp/tie-up noun [ C ] (CONNECTION)
mainly UK a connection or agreement that joins two things or organizations:
Cambridge University Press arranged a tie-up with the German publisher Klett.
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- topology
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tie-up noun [ C ] (DELAY)
US a temporary problem that delays progress, such as too much traffic on the road:
I missed my flight because of a tie-up on the interstate.
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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