Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for tying up

Antonyms for tying up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tahy
Phonetic Transcription : taɪ

Definition of tying 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 :
  • Tying up some other clothing into a little bundle, she opened the door and listened.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • I did the tying up and the untying, but he could see who was the boss.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • Mr. Toby was standing behind the counter, tying up a parcel.
  • Extract from : « The Old Tobacco Shop » by William Bowen
  • This storm being so terrific, and tying up all things, robbed him of the need.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Rex already had come aboard after tying up the recovered boat.
  • Extract from : « The Deserted Yacht » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
  • All the fitting should be carefully done but the tying up is not yet.
  • Extract from : « The Potter's Craft » by Charles F. Binns
  • There is a delicious shipwreck where they are tying up the boat with rug-straps and ropes.
  • Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
  • As Pippin was tying up the bread, the girl began to ask questions.
  • Extract from : « Pippin; A Wandering Flame » by Laura E. Richards
  • And you were tying up one box, but it was too high and he came and did it for you.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Roses and Other Stories » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • How did you happen to think of that little dodge of tying up the reef-points?
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers Afloat » by Ruel Perley Smith

Synonyms for tying up

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019