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What does tie up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tie up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To secure with rope, string, etc.
  2. (idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
  3. (idiomatic) To complete, finish, or resolve.
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Some companies were prepared to pay silly money just to tie up business with the big networks.
Paterson followed in to tie up the score, his mission criminally interrupted by a yank at his jersey as he prepared to seize and ground the ball.
I line my bucket with them and when full of bits and pieces I tie up the last bag and put it in my wheelie bin, keeping the latter clean.
Shebala and his son Sheldon, 24, used lariats to tie up one of the animals legs force it to lie on the ground.
Just as, when grooms tie up and dress a steed, boys lounge and look on, and elucubrate what the round brush is used for.
Our strike force, Beta, is one of those designated to tie up the hellguards within the city.

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