tie sb down
— Phrasal Verb with tie /taɪ/ verb (present participle tying, past tense and past participle tied)Definition
› to limit someone's freedom: I don't want to be tied down by having children.
(Definition of tie sb down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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