Antonyms for tie uptie up

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1. affiliation, association, tie, tie-upnoun

   a social or business relationship

   "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

   Synonyms:
   crosstie, tie-up, standoff, sleeper, stand, linkup, necktie, connexion, tie, draw, tie-in, affiliation, standstill, link, association, connection, railroad tie, tie beam

2. stand, standstill, tie-upverb

   an interruption of normal activity

   Synonyms:
   tie-up, stall, pedestal, stand, sales booth, dead end, stalemate, viewpoint, rack, tie, base, affiliation, outdoor stage, point of view, bandstand, impasse, association, standpoint, deadlock, standstill

3. tie down, tie up, bind, trussverb

   secure with or as if with ropes

   "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

   Synonyms:
   tie down, stick, hold fast, constipate, obligate, attach, truss, tie, bind off, stick to, hold, moor, bind, bandage, oblige, adhere, berth, bond

4. tie upverb

   invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes

   "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

   Synonyms:
   moor, bind off, bind, truss, tie down, berth

5. tie upverb

   restrain from moving or operating normally

   "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"

   Synonyms:
   moor, bind off, bind, truss, tie down, berth

6. moor, berth, tie upverb

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock

   "tie up the boat"

   Synonyms:
   wharf, moor, truss, bind off, berth, tie down, bind

7. tie up, bind offverb

   finish the last row

   Synonyms:
   moor, bind off, bind, truss, tie down, berth

How to use tie up in a sentence?

1. Simeon Siegel:

   A retailer doesn't want to tie up their inventory dollars in products that aren't moving.

2. Yacov Arnopolin:

   Insurers want to see how much yield they get relative to the capital they tie up, and EM jumps out.

3. Steve Gollshewski:

   That's extremely disappointing, not only are people's lives -- including emergency services workers -- put at risk, the people who do these sorts of acts tie up police resources for the investigations.

4. Ethiopian Proverb:

   When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

5. Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius:

   The full scale deployment would tie up a lot of capital with some uncertainties around the earnings potential, at this juncture we said to be the first one, does not make sense.

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