hands are tied
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Our hands were tied behind us, and our horses were led, the escort being mounted too.
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Heaven bless his cover; but I let you throw me from the Tower of Babel, if he get the parsonage: can't you see, then, that Aufhammer's hands are tied?
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Heaven bless his cover; but I let you throw me from the Tower of Babel, if he get the parsonage; can't you see, then, that Aufhammer's hands are tied?
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Della's father's hands were tied behind him and he was then forced to show them the hiding place.
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He was quite a young fellow, barely twenty; his hands were tied behind his back.
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