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tied up
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Princeton's WordNet
tied up(p)adjective
kept occupied or engaged
"she's tied up at the moment and can't see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour"
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tied upadjective
occupied; busy
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Tied Up
Tied Up is a song recorded by American rapper Casey Veggies. It was released on April 27, 2015, as the second single from his debut studio album, Live & Grow (2015). The song produced by Kane Beatz and Luca Polizzi, features guest vocals from American rapper and singer Dej Loaf.
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tied up
"Tied up" generally refers to being occupied or engaged with something that prevents one from doing other things. It can also mean literally being tied or bound with ropes, strings, etc., or in financial terms, having assets that are not easily converted into cash.
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Tied Up
"Tied Up" was one of two new songs recorded for the 1982 greatest hits package titled "Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2" the song was the second single released from the album following "Heart Attack" the other new track recorded for the package. "Tied Up" did not do quite as well as "Heart Attack" reaching #38 on the US Billboard singles chart. The song also features Tom Scott on horns who also was the opening act for Olivia's 1982 "Physical" World Tour.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tied up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tied up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of tied up in a Sentence
Those projects could be tied up for a long time, it was important to us to keep jurisdiction of these projects in Hawaii and not have the projects involved in a bankruptcy.
What we're seeing here is a surge of illegal drugs... because Border Patrol is tied up and they know manpower out here is limited.
Particularly in America, where so much of our worth is tied up into what we do, how we work, what we produce — it can feel very shameful if you can’t do that, it can leave people feeling very defeated and feeling like there’s no point in trying.
Many of them…are tied up with contracts working for various networks, …as an example, they might have a contract with Fox, they may have a contract with CNN and they can't do it. They have contracts with the various networks and maybe the media too. I don't know about The Times but it's possible—less likely, I'm not sure how that structure works with the actual newspapers.
I don't know if you can prepare somebody for it because it all depends on what it's meant to them and how much of their identity is tied up in it, when you do something for the first third of your life and then you have two thirds of your life to go, it can be a tough transition.
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- گره خورده استPersian
- गठबंधनHindi
- legatoItalian
- związanyPolish
- amarradoPortuguese
- связанныйRussian
- بندھا ہواUrdu
- bị tróiVietnamese
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