tiesomeonedown
phrasal verbwithtieverbuk/taɪ/us/taɪ/present participletying|past tense and past participletied
informal(LIMIT)
[Moften passive]
tolimitsomeone'sfreedom:
He'stieddownbyhaving toworkeverySaturday.
We'd like totravelmore, but havingchildrenatschoolreallytiesus down.
Limiting and restricting
- anti-libertarian
- boundary
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- chain
- chainsomeonetosomething
- cramp
- crowd
- curb
- curtail
- curtailment
- damage limitation
- hamstring
- keep (herself) toherselfidiom
- limit
- limitation
- limiting
- localize
- straitjacket
- stunt
- tempered
(GET DECISION)
to make someone give you acleardecision:
I'lltrytotieher downonherplans.
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- enquire
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- putsomeonetosomethingidiom
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom