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restrain from independence by an obligation
He was tied down by his work -
secure with or as if with ropes
tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
tie down the prisoners
How To Use tie down In A Sentence
- Were the troops to make such a last stand, they could tie down American forces scheduled for transfer to the Pacific war.
- Spurs are also working flat out to tie down a string of their top players to lengthy new deals. The Sun
- The Soviets had advanced a long way from the Vistula, but fortified pockets of German troops remained — around Königsberg, the old Prussian capital, and Danzig, at the mouth of the Vistula; at Breslau, in Silesia, and the Hungarian capital, Budapest, where they were desperately withstanding a siege that was to last six weeks and to tie down R.Y. Malinovsky's army group. The Nazis' Last Stand
- tie down the prisoners
- A feint can force your enemy to tie down huge amounts of forces to protect against an attack that never comes.
- Love a person and don't become love of the person tie down.
- The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures don't cause many casualties!
- Police are continuing the hunt for the driver of a black Fiat Punto, which knocked Katie down on a crossing in York.
- Spurs are also working flat out to tie down a string of their top players to lengthy new deals. The Sun
- The service: Pleasant and friendly but I almost had to hunt the hostie down to get a second glass of wine.