tied up

Idioms  

1. see tie up.

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Example Sentences

Breakfast radio is a daily, high-intensity commitment and her career is heavily tied up with television, not least her new chat show.

From BBC

"Officers and staff will still be tied up monitoring incidents that do not meet the criminal threshold, at a cost in time and resources," added shadow home secretary Chris Philp.

From BBC

“Our reserves are tied up in contracts,” the Ukrainian president said.

From The Wall Street Journal

With age-verification tied up in court, she and other parent-legislators from both parties have joined forces to push through a suite of stronger laws this year.

From Los Angeles Times

Beneath the shadowing shawl her head was tied up with a rag – to keep her dead jaw from dropping in one final gape.

From Literature

Related Words

• bind
• clog
• lock up