tie up
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tie up
verb ties up · tying up · tied up
- To secure with rope, string, etc. Don't forget to tie up your hair before you bake.
- To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay. He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.
- To complete, finish, or resolve. I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.
- To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts.
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verb to secure with rope, etc.
| Español | apersogar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 묶다 mukda |
| 日本語 | 括る kukuru |
| 中文 | 捆綁 kǔnbǎng, 捆紮 kǔnzā, kǔnzhá, kǔnzhā, 捆住 kǔnzhù, 繫 /系 jì |
| Português | atar, amarrar |
| Français | ligoter |
| Deutsch | festbinden, fesseln, binden, anbinden, zubinden |
| Русский | завя́зывать zavjázyvatʹ, завяза́ть zavjazátʹ, привя́зывать privjázyvatʹ, привяза́ть privjazátʹ, свя́зывать svjázyvatʹ, связа́ть svjazátʹ |
| العربية | رَبَطَ rabaṭa |
verb to immobilize a capital.
| Français | immobiliser |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | festlegen |
Talk about this word "tie up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tie%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tie up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tie%20up "tie up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tie%20up.
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@misc{tie_up_2026,
title = {tie up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tie%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
