TIE DOWN

• (verb) restrain from independence by an obligation

  "He was tied down by his work"

• (verb) secure with or as if with ropes

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

  synonyms : bind , tie up , truss

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