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91tie sb up — UK US tie sb up Phrasal Verb with tie({{}}/taɪ/ verb (tying, tied, tied) ► if someone is tied up, they are busy and not available: »The CEO will be tied up in a meeting all day …
92tie-in — n. (colloq.) relation a tie in between; with * * * [ taɪɪn] with (colloq.) [ relation ] a tie in between …
93tie — [OE] Tie comes from a prehistoric Germanic *taugian. This was derived from the base *taukh , *teuk ‘pull’ (source also of English team and tug and closely related to tow). And this in turn went back to Indo European *deuk , which also produced… …
94tie\ up — v. phr. 1. To show or stop the movement or action of; hinder; tangle. The crash of the two trucks tied up all traffic in the center of town. The strike tied up the factory. 2. To take all the time of. The meeting will tie the President up until… …
95tie-up — noun A congestion; a stoppage of the normal flow of traffic, business or correspondence. There was a two hour traffic tie up on the highway. No pay checks were delivered because of the mail service tie up …
96tie-up — / taɪ ʌp/ noun a link or connection ● The company has a tie up with a German distributor. (NOTE: plural is tie ups) …
97tie — 1. n. That which restricts one s freedom. 2. tie in with Conform with. Be appropriately related to. Link up with. (Of plans, etc.) ♣ Do my arrangements tie in with yours? Tied to apron strings Under the domination of a woman (usu. wife or… …
98tie-up — / taɪ ʌp/ noun a link or connection ● The company has a tie up with a German distributor. (NOTE: The plural is tie ups.) …
99tie — 1. verb To bind 2. noun When, at an election, neither candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, but each has the same number, there is said to be a tie. Exists also when the number of votes cast in favor of any measure, in a legislative or …
100tie — Noun: One of the wooden timbers upon which the rails of a railroad track are laid. Something that binds. A necktie. Verb: To fasten things together, as with a string, cord, or wire. To equal another in a contest in reference to points, scores,… …
