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Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahy-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪˌʌp



Definition of tie-up

  • noun stoppage
Example sentences :
  • Complications arising from the tie-up followed him at every turn.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • A tie-up of cars on the track ahead was accountable for the delay.
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Then came the great railroad strike, and the tie-up of the mails.
  • Extract from : « Bamboo Tales » by Ira L. Reeves
  • There was a tie-up on Earth, and the tie-up had to be on the very inside of the Supreme Council!
  • Extract from : « Beyond The Thunder » by H. B. Hickey
  • By eight o'clock it was clear that the tie-up would be only partial.
  • Extract from : « A Poor Wise Man » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Could any tie-up with Russia—even a psionic one—stand against that kind of investigation?
  • Extract from : « That Sweet Little Old Lady » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
  • Press the brake of the foot as you roll around the corners to save the collapse and tie-up.
  • Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
  • The small door where the boys came in, led to a long and narrow passage, between the tie-up and the bay.
  • Extract from : « Jonas on a Farm in Winter » by Jacob Abbott
  • Freight trains crowded every track in the yard, and the block of twelve hours indicated what a two-day tie-up would mean.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of a Magnate » by Frank H. Spearman
  • The crowded yard, as they pulled through it, showed the tie-up of the day's traffic.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of a Magnate » by Frank H. Spearman

Synonyms for tie-up

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