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Tie down Common

Tie down has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative form of tiedown

Verb
1

secure with or as if with ropes

"tie down the prisoners"

"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

2

restrain from independence by an obligation

"He was tied down by his work"

3

to constrain, or to confine within set limits.

Example Sentences
"tie down the prisoners" verb
"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" verb
"He was tied down by his work" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
restrain oblige
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chain up faggot hog-tie
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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