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tie-up

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1 a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement

a tie-up at the junction of Main and Central has slowed traffic to a crawl

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tangle

2 the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)

in a tie-up with the film studio, the toy company is producing a whole line of figures featuring characters from the animated movie

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tie up

Synonyms & Antonyms of tie up (Entry 2 of 2)

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

an accident is tying up traffic at 5th and Broadway

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“Tie-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tie-up. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021.

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