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Tie down   /taɪ daʊn/   Listen
Tie down

verb
1.
Secure with or as if with ropes.  Synonyms: bind, tie up, truss.  "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
2.
Restrain from independence by an obligation.






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"Tie down" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hadow, "my orders down here leave me a pretty wide latitude. You can't tie down a surveying ship in wild waters the way you can a simple patrol. By God, sir, I'll put the ship back here in nine months and retake ...
— Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas • Lloyd Osbourne



Words linked to "Tie down" :   restrain, oblige, secure, faggot up, chain up, hog-tie, fix, fagot, fasten, faggot, hold, obligate, confine



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