Definition of tied up

tied up    

adjective

• busy.

  I was tied up and couldn't get to the blower.

                                                                                                                                      
  
                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Bill And Gary's Excellent Adventure", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by John Kitus from Boise, ID, USA on Jan 26 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'busy':
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
(one's) dance card is full	Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation.
slammed	Definitions include: to lower a car's springs.
biz	Definitions include: busy.
swamped	Definitions include: overloaded with work.
flat out like a lizard drinking	Definitions include: very busy.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'tie':
(one's) hands are tied	Definitions include: said when a person cannot do something due to restrictions.
tie down	Definitions include: to lock a person into a particular lifestyle that limits that person in some way.
tie one on	Definitions include: to get drunk.
tie (one's) hands	Definitions include: to restrict a person in some way, such that they cannot do something.
tie the knot	Definitions include: to get married.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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