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tie up meaning

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  • VerbSGties upPRtying upPT, PPtied up
    1. To secure with rope, string, etc.
      1. At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
    2. IDI To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
      1. He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.
    3. IDI To complete, finish, or resolve.
      1. I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • He got tied up in traffic and arrived late to the meeting.

Meaning of tie up for the defined word.

Grammatically, this idiom "tie up" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Phrases
      • Phrasal verbs
        • Phrasal verbs with particle (up)
      • Verbs
        • Phrasal verbs
          • Phrasal verbs with particle (up)
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