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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : tahy |
Phonetic Transcription : taɪ |
Definition of tied up
Origin :- "that with which anything is tied," Old English teag, from Proto-Germanic *taugo (cf. Old Norse taug "tie," tygill "string"), from PIE *deuk- "to pull, to lead" (cf. Old English teon "to draw, pull, drag;" see duke (n.)).
- Figurative sense is recorded from 1550s. Meaning "equality between competitors" is first found 1670s, from notion of a connecting link (tie-breaker is recorded from 1961). Sense of "necktie, cravat" first recorded 1761. The railway sense of "transverse sleeper" is from 1857, American English.
- verb hamper, hinder
- verb hamper
- Or, if I'd only got tied up in some way for a few weeks—something I could tide over.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- For our relief I tied up the horses for some time before letting them go.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- On the south side of the pier a man had just tied up a motor-boat.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Now I'll be tied up, and maybe put to bed for runnin' away again.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- We've got them tied up close by, and every little while one gives a yelp.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- "Why, this Russell's supposed to be tied up to Mildred," her son explained.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- I know you're sort of—sort of tied up to Holliday Kendrick; I know you feel that you are.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They walked round to the stackyard, and he tied up his horse and gave it hay.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- We'll have to start you off tied up, too, much as I hate to do it.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- They were all disarmed, and then, dreadfully to their disgust, they were all dismounted and tied up.
- Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
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