Synonyms for "tied-up" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

busyabsorbed inat itat workboundburdened with debtcaught up indeep in debtembarrassedemployedencumberedengaged

Strong matches (18)

enmeshed inentangled infar-gonefetteredfull of businesshamperedhandcuffedhard at ithard at workimmersed inimplicated inin bondsin chainsin debtin difficultiesin embarrassed circumstancesin harnessin hock

Related words (29)

in ironsin the holein the redindebtedinvolvedinvolved inironboundmanacledmortgagedoccupiedon dutyon the goon the hopon the jobon the jumpon the moveon the runplunged in debtrelatedshackled

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strappedsubmerged intetheredtiedtied downtied up intrammeledworkingwrapped up in

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