Synonyms for tie-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, 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:
   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, tie up, 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, tie up

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, tie up

6. moor, berth, tie upverb

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock

   "tie up the boat"

   Synonyms:
   tie up, 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, tie up

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1. List of paraphrases for "tie-up":

   immobilization

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1. Ethiopian Proverb:

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

2. 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.

3. Olive Schreiner:

   We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.

4. Michael Zeldin:

   That will send him down a path that for the next few years that would tie up his presidency in ways that are not in his best interests legally or politically.

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.