tie sb down
[M often passive] (LIMIT) informal — phrasal verb with tie /taɪ/ verb (present tense tying, past tense and past participle tied)Definition
› to limit someone's freedom: He's tied down by having to work every Saturday. We'd like to travel more, but having children at school really ties us down.Limiting and restrictingPreventing and impeding
(Definition of tie sb down (LIMIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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tie noun (CONNECTION)
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tie noun (EQUAL FINISH)
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tie noun (FASTENING)
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tie sb (up) in knots idiom
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tie sb down phrasal verb (GET DECISION)
- tie sb down phrasal verb (LIMIT)
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tie sb up phrasal verb (FASTENED)
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tie sb up phrasal verb (NOT AVAILABLE)
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tie sth up phrasal verb (FASTENED)
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tie sth up phrasal verb (NOT AVAILABLE)
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tie the knot idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- box sb in phrasal verb
- chain noun (RINGS)
- circumscribe verb
- clamp down on sth phrasal verb
- clampdown noun
- cramp verb
- curb verb
- curtail verb
- damage limitation noun
- delimit verb
- fetter verb
- hamstring verb
- keep to sth phrasal verb (SUBJECT)
- localize verb
- muzzle verb (ANIMAL)
- non-proliferation noun
- qualification noun (LIMIT)
- ration verb
- rationing noun
- stabilizer noun (CONTROL)
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