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Tie up

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Verb
  1. 1
    To secure with rope, string, etc.

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

  2. 2
    finish the last row wordnet
  3. 3
    To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay. idiomatic

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

  4. 4
    secure with or as if with ropes wordnet
  5. 5
    To complete, finish, or resolve. idiomatic

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

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  1. 6
    secure in or as if in a berth or dock wordnet
  2. 7
    To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.

    "Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts."

  3. 8
    restrain from moving or operating normally wordnet
  4. 9
    invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes wordnet

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