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Verb: tie down  tI dawn
  1. Secure with (or as if with) ropes in order to prevent movement or escape
    "tie down the prisoners";
    - tie up, bind, truss
     
  2. Restrain from independence by an obligation
    "He was tied down by his work"

Derived forms: tied down, tying down, ties down

Type of: bind, confine, constrain, hold, obligate, oblige, restrain

Encyclopedia: Tie down