tie up


Meanings

  • a social or business relationship;
  • an interruption of normal activity
  • secure with or as if with ropes;
    • "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
  • invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes;
  • restrain from moving or operating normally;
  • secure in or as if in a berth or dock;
    • "tie up the boat"
  • finish the last row