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Definition of be tied up

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Other terms relating to 'busy':

Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation.
Definitions include: to lower a car's springs.
Definitions include: busy.
Definitions include: overloaded with work.
Definitions include: very busy.

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Other terms relating to 'tie':

Definitions include: said when a person cannot do something due to restrictions.
Definitions include: to lock a person into a particular lifestyle that limits that person in some way.
Definitions include: to get drunk.
Definitions include: to restrict a person in some way, such that they cannot do something.
Definitions include: to get married.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: to misbehave.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: to increase.
Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

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