tie up

1. To secure with rope, string, etc.

   Don't forget to tie up your hair before you bake.

   The robbers tied up the bank employees before forcing a way into the vault.

   festbinden, fesseln, binden

   завя́зыватьzavjázyvatʹ, завяза́тьzavjazátʹ, привя́зыватьprivjázyvatʹ

   зав'я́зуватиzavʺjázuvaty, зав'яза́тиzavʺjazáty, прив'я́зуватиpryvʺjázuvaty

   secure with or as if with ropes

2. (idiomatic)To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.

   He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.

3. (idiomatic)To complete, finish, or resolve.

   I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.

   finish the last row

4. To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.

   Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts.

   festlegen

   invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes

1. Tom tied Mary up.

   Том зв'язав Мері. — deniko

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2. I'm tied up at the office.

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3. I got tied up at work.

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4. Tom and Mary tied John up.

   Том та Мері зв'язали Джона. — deniko

   ruТом с Мэри связали Джона. — sharptoothed

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5. I'll be tied up all afternoon.

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• tie upприв'язати, зв'язатиTo secure with rope, string, etc.
• tie inпоєднувати, з'єднуватиTo fit in or harmonize (with something).
• tie downзв'язати, зв'язуватиTo constrain, or to confine within set limits.
• tie offTo close, seal, or end something by tying a knot.
• tie outTo validate or check for accuracy; verify the balance of numbers or figures; audit
• tie backTo tie or fasten behind.
• tie overTide over.
• tie intoTo viciously attack.