tie in knots

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tie in knots

verb ties in knots · tying in knots · tied in knots · tie up in knots

idiomatic, transitive To put (someone) in a difficult situation. That is where [Andrew] Cuomo’s unravelling began, with the revelation – admitted in part by his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, to state lawmakers – that the administration suppressed the number of nursing home deaths by several thousand in order to avoid a federal inquiry. DeRosa claimed the move was mad
idiomatic, transitive To make (someone) upset or anxious.

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@misc{tie_in_knots_2026,
  title = {tie in knots},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tie%20in%20knots},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}