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secure in or as if in a berth or dock
tie up the boat -
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
All my money is tied up in long-term investments - finish the last row
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restrain from moving or operating normally
Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred -
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 up In A Sentence
- It's great that she was able to tie up Super Smize's narrative, since half of these girls would have been so confused if they just encountered her in plainclothes without an explanation. Taking the boot off
- If you can tie up your money for a while, fixed-term accounts tend to pay more. Times, Sunday Times
- The manner of using arnotto is to tie up, in a linen rag, the quantity deemed sufficient, and put into half a pint of warm water over night. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
- You get higher interest if you agree to tie up your savings for a long period.
- In a marriage breakdown, tie up property transfers by deed of separation/divorce which is confirmed by court decree.
- He is looking for a midfield general and hopes to tie up the move this week. The Sun
- The police are trying to tie up his escape from prison with the murder.
- Not a large field, it was enough Nerger hoped to cause alarm and tie up valuable warships and minesweepers,
- So they tie up a whole company and a soundstage filming you, just to keep you off the streets? SWIMMING TO CATALINA
- So they tie up a whole company and a soundstage filming you, just to keep you off the streets? SWIMMING TO CATALINA