Synonyms for tying
ˈtaɪ ɪŋty·ing

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1. tying, ligaturenoun

   the act of tying or binding things together

   Synonyms:
   ligature, binder

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1. • Fastening

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1. List of paraphrases for "tying":

   linking, tie, link

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1. Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo:

   The divers are tying the tail with straps and then we will try [to lift the tail] two ways - floating balloons combined with cranes, so that the tail sector wouldn't be damaged, because we assume the black box is in the tail sector.

2. Terry McAuliffe:

   I’m not tying — he’s tying himself. He said, ‘I'm honored to receive his endorsement, so much of the reason why I'm running is because of Donald Trump.’ I’m not tying him; he is.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   It all sounded good but what it was really about was tying the hands of regulators and turning loose big banks and giant international corporations to do whatever they wanted to do: turning them loose to rig the market and reduce competition; turning them loose to outsource more jobs; turning them loose to load up on more risks and then hide behind taxpayer guarantees; turning them loose to sell more mortgages and credit cards that cheated American families.

4. Arizona Sen. John McCain:

   You can't claim that tying someone to the floor and have them freeze to death is not torture. You can't say 183 times someone is waterboarded.

5. Margrethe Vestager:

   Our concern is that by requiring phone makers and operators to pre-load a set of Google apps, rather than letting them decide for themselves which apps to load, Google might have cut off one of the main ways that new apps can reach customers, we are looking into the question of tying, but tying in itself is not necessarily a problem.