tie up

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English - English
To secure with rope, string, etc

Don't forget to tie up your hair before you bake.

To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay

He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.

To complete, finish, or resolve

I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.

When you tie something up, you fasten string or rope round it so that it is firm or secure. He tied up the bag and took it outside
If someone ties another person up, they fasten ropes or chains around them so that they cannot move or escape. Masked robbers broke in, tied him up, and made off with $8,000 At about 5 a.m. they struck again in Fetcham, tying up a couple and ransacking their house
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments
secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
finish the last row restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
If you tie an animal up, you fasten it to a fixed object with a piece of rope so that it cannot run away. Would you go and tie your horse up please They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought. = tether
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
temporary pause; temporary slowdown; link; anchor; bind, fasten by tying
restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
finish the last row
If you tie up an issue or problem, you deal with it in a way that gives definite conclusions or answers. Kingfisher confirmed that it hopes to tie up a deal within the next two weeks We could have tied the whole case up without getting you and Smith shot at. see also tied up, tie-up
secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity
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tie up with
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A tie-up or a traffic tie-up is a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something. In some cities this morning, there were traffic tie-ups up to 40 miles long
tie-up
a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
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A tie-up between two organizations is a business connection that has been arranged between them. The deal is expected to result in similar tie-ups between big media companies and telecommunications operators
tie-up
an interruption of normal activity
Turkish - English

Definition of tie up in Turkish English dictionary

tie sth. up
(deyim) tie up
tie up
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