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Antonyms for tied up

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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for tied up

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