tie(sth)in
—phrasal verbwithtieverbuk/taɪ/us/taɪ/present participletying|past tense and past participletied
Whenideasorstatementstiein, theyagreeor arecloselyconnected, and if youtiethem in, you make themagreeorconnectclosely.
（使）相一致；（使）有联系
I can'ttiein what he said todaywithwhat he told me lastweek.他今天说的与上周他告诉我的根本就不是一回事。