to deal with the last few things that have to be done before you can finish something
to fasten a boat to something, or to be fastened to something
to fasten an animal to something such as a post
to fasten rope around someone so that they cannot move or escape
to make all the arrangements that are necessary for a deal or an agreement to be completed
to tie the ends of something together
For a change there was no big traffic tie-up along the I-5 corridor.
He knew what Kershaw didn't - the tie-up between this and the peculiar way in which Cantrell's guards had been treating him.
I’ve just tied up arrangements for a bank loan.
Marijke and Tony had had to carry on downriver for another mile or so before they found a wharf where they could tie up.
Suppose there's fog all the way to Seattle, to the moment we tie up at the SVL Timber quay.
The bigger cruisers tie up at the island’s western end.
The boat pulled alongside and, without waiting for the helmsman to tie up, Carol jumped ashore.
They tied him up and locked him in the cellar.
This is where you tie up your horse.
Tie up your shoelaces before you trip over them.
We’ve just got a few loose ends to tie up and then the report will be ready.
`'My brother Cyrus and his crew will follow in our helicopter as soon as they tie up a pair of loose ends.
`Sam thought the tie-up with Suntours was wonderfully clever," she said.
ties up
tying up
tied up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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