I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shirt and tie
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I have to wear a shirt and tie to work.
bolo tie
bonds/ties of friendship (= things that connect friends )
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They were united by deep bonds of friendship.
bow tie
collar and tie
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He loosened his collar and tie .
cup tie
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Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Spurs
loose ends...tied up (= dealt with or completed )
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We’ve nearly finished, but there are still a few loose ends to be tied up .
old school tie
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a system based on social class and the old school tie
school tie
sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between sb)
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The two countries severed diplomatic relations.
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She had severed all contact with her ex-husband.
strengthen ties/bonds/links
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He wants to strengthen ties with the West.
string tie
the game is tied (= both teams or players had the same score )
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The game was tied 10-10 at halftime.
tie a knot
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My uncle taught me how to tie knots.
tie up/moor a boat (= tie it to something so that it stays in one place )
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You can tie up the boat to that tree.
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How much does it cost to moor a boat here?
tie your shoes
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He tied his shoes in a double knot.
tied cottage
tied house
tied to...apron strings
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Jeff is still tied to his mother’s apron strings .
tie/untie a shoelace
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Roger bent to tie his shoelace.
zip tie
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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His hair was tied back with a piece of tinsel string he had found in the Christmas decorations box.
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There was something of value to the company that could be counted and tied back to an individual operator.
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She was fine-boned and delicate, with auburn hair tied back in a leather clasp.
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Her hair was tied back from her face in a long ponytail.
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She had large, soft eyes and her hair was tied back with a red ribbon.
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One is torn from its rung and tied back .
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She's been fencing too, her long black hair tied back from her face, her face bright with sweat.
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Never use rubber bands to tie back your hair: it's a sure way to get hair breakage.
down
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He had to be tied down .
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Workers tied down banners and tents, and some scaffolding was taken down.
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She said she wanted to be free, to finish her training, she was afraid of being tied down .
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My computer was tied down to a metal desk.
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So we won't be tied down to schools very much longer.
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The mainsail was still swinging back and forth, sweeping the cabin top, so it was lowered and tied down .
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As a result, anything that is not tied down inside the plane starts to float about.
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She didn't want to be tied down by a full-time job, so she decided to become a free-lance translator.
in
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Web page designers are commonplace, and can no longer charge extortionate rates unless they're tied in with a major agency.
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To tie in with the hubbub comes the most successful parody of the group, the Rutles.
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It does tie in with conservation.
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This tied in with the position and colour of the spot when it first appeared.
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The idea behind the timing of the launch is that it will tie in with the expected rush of year 2000 weddings.
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Three backlist titles tie in with the television and are reissued in April.
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Above the Magnesian Limestone event a number of reflections have been tied in with the sequence in Larne-2 and Newmill-l.
together
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The result is that different networks such as ARCnet and Ethernet can be tied together into a single LANtastic internet.
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Her home consists of two battered green fishing boats tied together a few feet off a stretch of garbage-strewn Nile shoreline.
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Here, technique, perception and response were closely tied together .
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The whites and blacks were tied together in a web of interdependency-the whites through need and the blacks for survival.
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And when there are children they will be tied together by that strongest of all bonds.
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The network ties together a wide variety of government and university sites.
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It consists of a loose shirt, or tunic, with baggy pants, tied together in the middle with a belt.
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The problem is especially serious for an episodic memory, which is a unique category that ties together a series of elements.
up
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Its fixed-interest bond pays 11.50 percent net provided the money is tied up for at least 12 months.. Key move on cards.
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Over at Newport News, the Union tugboat Zouave had completed her morning duties and was tied up at the wharf.
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I can already hear the objections from those clubs who have a few players tied up with the Championship.
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We tied up our beasts, sat on the rocks and ate.
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Singh had earned his prize with the shot that tied up this championship.
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But waste in government does not come tied up in neat packages.
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She was supposed to have died from Allied bombing, so that ties up .
■ NOUN
apron
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Léonie tied on an apron and hoisted herself on to a kitchen chair.
bow
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Does the course include how to tie a dickie bow ?
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Miss Sadie had given him a very large package tied with a red bow .
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She had a lot of curly hair and she had tied a bow in it.
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Mulcahey slipped the red ribbon around the collar and tied a big bow .
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At any party, you will gain confidence if you know you have tied the bow yourself.
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Get enough ribbon to wrap the jam box and tie a bow .
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After that, Jasper always tied my bow ties.
game
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But despite end-to-end play, it was Searle's third goal with 10 minutes still left that tied the game .
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When we tied that game I knew that game was going to be over.
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Moments later, Ray Bourque beat Joseph with a wrist shot to tie the game .
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Next Jets shot, tie game , courtesy of defenseman Deron Quint from the blue line.
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Stoudamire then blew by Barros for two straight layups to tie the game with 2: 46 left.
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He lofted a wobbly, 41-yard kick through the uprights to tie the game 13-13 with 7: 49 left.
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If she makes it, Santa Clara will have to come back with a three-point play to tie the game .
hair
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His hair was tied back with a piece of tinsel string he had found in the Christmas decorations box.
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She walked over to a tall woman whose hair was tied with a colorful bandanna.
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She is in control. Hair tied back.
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Her hair was tied back from her face in a long ponytail.
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She was fine-boned and delicate, with auburn hair tied back in a leather clasp.
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Betty Lou has her long brown hair tied with a single white ribbon.
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Nick combed her hair and tied the ribbon himself, badly, too loosely.
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Decent women let their hair grow and tied it in a knot on the back of the head.
knot
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The boys were smeared with lipstick, old scarves tied in knots beneath their spotted chins.
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Decent women let their hair grow and tied it in a knot on the back of the head.
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All that personal politics stuff had left them tied up in knots .
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I tied a monster knot , one I invented on the spot, and tugged it hard, Lincoln licking my ear.
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It tied her up in knots .
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Banks across the country tied the knot as a way to cut costs and boost earnings.
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The King lookalike couldn't help falling in love with Lynn Willoughby and yesterday they tied the knot .
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Gao Yang yearned to shout to her but his throat muscles were tied in knots , and no sound emerged.
ribbon
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Finally, tie a colourful ribbon around your gift.
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And the waist was tied with satin ribbons .
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Nick combed her hair and tied the ribbon himself, badly, too loosely.
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He was carrying four thick brown cardboard accordion folios tied with faded red ribbons .
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They were tied with white ribbons , as if, she thought contemptuously, I were a silly young girl.
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The key to the front door was tied on to a little ribbon pinned into my pocket.
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Her hair was tied in a ribbon and she looked positively chirpy.
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My braids are tied with small red ribbons , my black laced shoes are polished.
rope
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Then tie the rope around her wrists.
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Chests and suitcases were being packed and tied with rope , and nails were being hammered.
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I then used one hook for each ship, and tied all the ropes together at one end.
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Quickly, I tied the rope round the man's body and Sapt and Fritz pulled it up.
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They tied a rope around my middle and pulled me up like a package.
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Their arms were tied with rope , but their legs were free and they could walk.
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Then Sapt tied the rope round one of the trees near the water.
shoelace
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George Best was/is a drunken waste of space who wasn't fit to tie Eddie Gray's shoelaces .
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Sammler tied his shoelaces continued dressing.
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Bend down and tie your shoelace .
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I let myself into my place with the key I carry tied to my shoelace .
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Kneeling down on the dusty pavement, she made as if to tie her shoelaces .
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Once inside the car, he tied a shoelace around her neck and threatened to choke her.
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They were more like badly tied shoelaces .
string
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Like many supposed puppets, Mr Castro learnt to tug on the strings that tied him to his masters' hands.
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One end of a string was tied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck.
■ VERB
sever
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Earl Seiguard, following tradition, severed the head, tied the bloody object to his saddle, and leapt aboard.
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The ruling Kuomintang is desperately in need of reform, including rooting out blatant corruption and severing gangland ties .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
can do sth with one hand (tied) behind your back
diplomatic relations/ties
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A large part of his wealth is in a country with which Britain does not have diplomatic relations.
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Bonn has not cut official diplomatic relations with Baghdad but it withdrew all diplomatic personnel long ago.
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Kostunica has said that he accepts the Dayton borders, and wishes to establish diplomatic relations with Bosnia.
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Stories, however, have circulated that the Bush administration may be more open than was President Clinton to resuming diplomatic relations.
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
fit to be tied
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I was absolutely fit to be tied when I found out who got the promotion.
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He was fit to be tied.
sb's hands are tied
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I'd like to help you, but you missed the deadline. I'm afraid my hands are tied.
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The company's hands are tied because of government regulations.
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We'd really like to help you, but I'm afraid our hands are tied.
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Bankers argue that their hands are tied by the Fed.
the old school tie
the old school tie
tie/bind sb hand and foot
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We're bound hand and foot by all these safety regulations.
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Then, before she realised what was happening, he fastened her in the double stirrups, binding her hands and feet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At school camp they taught us how to tie various knots.
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Daddy, can you tie my shoe?
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Do you know how to tie a bow tie?
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Don't forget to tie this label onto your suitcase.
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Her horse was tied to a tree.
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I won the first competition and tied with Wilson in the second.
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If the rope is too short, tie two pieces together.
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Pull both ends tight, tie the tapes, then inflate the life jacket.
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Quickly tying a knot in his tie , John finished dressing and went to work.
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Saul tied one end of the rope around a large rock and lowered himself over the cliff.
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She tied a scarf around her neck.
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The kidnappers had tied his hands together and blindfolded him.
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The package had been tied with strong green string.
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The terrorists tied the hostages to their chairs.
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The two teams are tied with two games a piece.
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The washing line was tied to a tree.
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When the teacher stood up, he found that his shoes had been tied together.
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Woosnam and Lyle tied for fourth place on 264.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was carrying four thick brown cardboard accordion folios tied with faded red ribbons.
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In the middle of the room was a figure tied to a post.
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Miss Sadie had given him a very large package tied with a red bow.
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That measure is now tied up in litigation.
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This is the extent to which women's moral perceptions are tied to the aesthetic.
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Weights can be tied to the scaffolds to pull the branches down to create these angles.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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The referee patrols the bandaged ropes, dapper in his black bow tie .
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Mr Alsop generally wore a velvet smoking jacket to dinner; the young men wore black tie .
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Hal was thin, his long black tie didn't help him look any plumper but he didn't want to.
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Dressed in a smart, grey suit and black tie , the former Beatle looked very happy.
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Georges is a stuffy individual who dresses in black tie just to watch Don Giovanni on television.
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In sombre silence, wearing black ties , the Calvinist elders walk between the unusually-full pews.
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Incidents such as this one were commonly reported by military intelligence as evidence of black ties with radical groups.
close
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He also favoured the closest possible ties between those who were taxed and those who were doing the taxing.
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The neo-communists are committed, he has repeatedly declared, to the closest possible ties to the West.
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The piece was purchased from the private collection of Ruth Blumka, a New York dealer with close ties to the museum.
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Some freeholders were just as keen as was the average burgh councillor to retain close ties with the government ministers.
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During the first quarter of the fourteenth century, the Armagnacs also benefited from their close ties with the Avignon papacy.
dark
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Gilfoyle sat in the dock dressed in a white shirt, dark blue tie , and grey cardigan.
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The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties , with baseball caps and white sneakers.
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Martin Landau dressed as another monarch in a dark suit and tie .
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Citizen Oswald came to town wearing his dark tie , cashmere sweater and gray flannel suit.
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He was wearing a dark suit and tie when we met.
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Then, before the next shack, a group of men in beige suits and dark ties .
diplomatic
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It was hoped to open the border and renew diplomatic ties by the end of 1991.
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Fifthly, non-#diplomatic personnel are increasingly either having diplomatic influence or being involved in activity affecting diplomatic ties .
economic
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In terms of this goal, domestic macro-#economic priori-ties loom large.
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This, together with closer economic ties with the West, added to the Empire's leverage in international affairs.
emotional
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One of the most significant recommendations in early recovery is that close emotional ties should be avoided.
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So too are domestic matters and emotional ties .
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For the Hazaras, who have strong emotional ties to their history, the outrage was perceived as yet another irreparable wound.
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Sensual love is distinguishable from identification as a means of establishing emotional ties between two people.
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This type of object-cathexis, based on sexuality, is not the only kind of emotional tie which is found.
old
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Charles Harvey, on the other hand, was tall, six foot, and he was wearing an Old Carthusian tie .
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He wore the elegantly cut suit over a white shirt and an old Etonian tie .
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He was still wearing his Old Carthusian tie .
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The old ties of obligation were replaced by pursuit of self-interest and the pursuit of capital accumulation.
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He comes across as being vaguely aristocratic, patrician, old school tie .
personal
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This involves personal ties between those in elite positions in society.
political
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This is one of the dangers of its strong political ties to one party and one politician in particular.
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The co-ops have longstanding political ties to the Liberal Democratic Party, which dominates the government.
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Both sides agreed to strengthen political ties with regular consultations at foreign minister level.
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After leaving Congress he established his own private law practice, but did not cut his political ties .
round
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They take a three nil lead to Swansea for the second leg of their first round tie .
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The 20-year-old arrives tomorrow and should have his debut in the League Cup second round tie at home to Monaghan.
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Dinamo won the first leg of the preliminary round tie 2-1.
social
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The deprivation of family and social ties seem most acute although loss of liberty is also acutely felt.
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Though geographical mobility is possible, to move means severing all the social ties which the miner has built up.
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It also reinforces social ties and village traditions for the young.
strong
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The army had strong ties with the agricultural population through the system of conscription.
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As with the peasantry, strong ties of loyalty and obligation tend to prevent the development of permanent horizontal links.
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Community colleges also tend to have stronger ties to businesses than do either high schools or four-year institutions.
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This is one of the dangers of its strong political ties to one party and one politician in particular.
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They have strong ties to institutions of higher learning.
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Most important of these is the existence of strong ties of family and friendship.
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Hofmann, especially, has strong ties to the East Bay, having lived his entire life there.
white
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Black over-tunics, with a fine white stripe, and black shirt with wide white ties .
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Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray.
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Both wore similar dark suits, white shirts and ties .
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I never saw him without a white shirt, tie , and conservative suit.
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Robert followed him, ponderous and thoughtful, his white tie limp from over-handling.
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Not for the stuffy - white collars and ties are irrelevant and the atmosphere could be described as flamboyantly casual.
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Blue and white spotted silk tie , £19.50, Thomas Pink, Mulberry belt, as before.
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The General wore white tie and tails that accentuated his normal elegance.
■ NOUN
bow
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Medallion silk waistcoat and bow tie from Oxford and Swan, perfect for your groom or best man.
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The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties , with baseball caps and white sneakers.
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Beer is dispensed by a man with a bow tie .
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It was the bow ties that made Raymo happy.
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I tried to interest him in bow ties .
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That night, another of my presents was a bow tie .
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He was naked except for a bow tie - a nice touch, that.
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I was wearing a blouse with a long string bow tie .
break
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In the tie break , Miss Cross offered more consistency and ran away with it, 7-3.
cup
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United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league.
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But this Cup tie is a tremendous opportunity for us.
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The Cup tie will be different.
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And penalties to decide cup ties have also been abolished.
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Batley and Sheffield Eagles received a severe reprimand yesterday for the fighting which took place during their first-round Yorkshire Cup tie .
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The blonde midfield ace scored two quickfire goals in a minute to rescue this opening Gold Cup tie for the Blues.
family
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Literary fragments-fossil speech-and some daring guesses about the rate of change reveal the family ties .
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As happens some-times at funerals, there had been a reestablishment of family ties .
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Although the family ties were not very close, we have always been very friendly and spent quite a lot of time together.
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Rather, it measures the respondents' estimates of the effects on family ties of marriage across political party lines.
home
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Sefton hit the cup trail tomorrow with a home tie against Metrovick in the Provincial Trophy third round.
school
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The starter pack included a free school tie , stationery set and complimentary sports insurance.
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He comes across as being vaguely aristocratic, patrician, old school tie .
silk
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He wore a charcoal-grey business suit, with a pristine white shirt and maroon silk tie .
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Cotton shirt, £39.50, Thomas Pink. Silk tie , £55, Gucci.
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She could still feel, from fingertip to elbow, the textures of cotton shirt, silk tie and tweed jacket.
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The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces.
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She selected a £225 grey-green wool suit, £23 shirt and £20 silk tie .
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Diagonal striped silk tie , £49, Alfred Dunhill.
■ VERB
cut
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After leaving Congress he established his own private law practice, but did not cut his political ties .
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Lewie took out a pair of scissors and with this big smile on his face cut off my tie .
develop
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In some cases friendships developed alongside business ties .
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We view skin-to-skin care as a major advance in helping parents develop a closer tie to their infant.
end
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The match had ended in a tie .
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But the vote ended in a tie , so we had to have a tie-breaker.
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A course of antibiotics enabled him to continue and he ended up in a tie for second place alongside Jose Maria Olazabal.
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The second 1961 game ended in a tie when rain halted play after five innings with the scored 1-1 at Fenway Park.
knot
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The hurt never left the depth of his eyes and each day of his life he knotted a black tie .
loosen
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He had loosened his tie and undone the top button of his shirt.
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Then taking off his tunic and loosening his tie , he picked up the telephone.
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He loosened his tie with his free hand.
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Her hand was loosening his tie , his was sliding up the tingling curve of her thigh.
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Omar said, loosening his tie .
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They loosen their ties and slouch against the wall with hands in pockets in manufactured nonchalance.
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The Chancellor had loosened his tie and was breathing heavily.
maintain
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He also vowed to maintain ties with the United States while continuing to improve relations with the Soviet Union.
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Are the reasons still valid, or am I maintaining a merely sentimental tie ?
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To some, it seemed odd that he was able to maintain those ties .
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Respect yourself. Maintain strong family ties .
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They maintain their ties with blacks and Hispanics.
sever
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Emily had taken her revenge swiftly, severing the ties that had long been between the Grenfells and the Morgans.
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Some 35 members voted to sever ties with the churches.
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Though geographical mobility is possible, to move means severing all the social ties which the miner has built up.
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The spokesman said no one called the Kings on Wednesday morning to sever ties with the team.
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You certainly appear to have reached a major turning point in your career and must now think about severing unprofitable ties .
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They planned to start by severing ties with the thrift industry.
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For what better way to sever an unwanted tie than by disappearing off on business for a couple of weeks?
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Louis Blues, they severed all ties with popular culture.
straighten
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We put on our képis, straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse.
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Li stands, straightens his tie , formally shakes my hand, and moves purposefully down the hallway.
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I stuffed my shirt tail back into my trousers and tried to straighten my tie .
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The rest of the attorneys straightened their ties , leaned their heads in their hands.
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Ali Christie was straightening his tie as he reached the bottom of the stairs.
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Manville paused to straighten his tie before stepping through.
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I straightened my tie and guided my hair back with my hands.
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Uncle Philip, huge and sombre, came on to the stage, straightening his bow tie , which was askew.
strengthen
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A wide variety of valuable lessons is learned at such times when the pupils strengthen their ties with the School Community.
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The Catholic Church is actively promoting the celebrations as a way to strengthen family and community ties and distract kids from gangs.
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Only in a prosperous and well-governed Britain can we strengthen the ties of our community.
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They strengthen the ties between students and potential employers.
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Both sides agreed to strengthen political ties with regular consultations at foreign minister level.
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When all goes well during this time, a gradual strengthening of ties between parent and infant occurs.
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The Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse is sharply reducing its longstanding role as a military contractor in order to strengthen ties to the entertainment industry.
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Forbes also is strengthening his ties to Republicans in Congress, even as he continues to play the outsider.
wear
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Why can female staff in Canterbury wear casual clothes but the men have to wear shirts and ties ?
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Citizen Oswald came to town wearing his dark tie , cashmere sweater and gray flannel suit.
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But today, wearing the right tie often means wearing the right label.
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I wore a tie to work.
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Fortunately Newley had been wearing a tie and belt.
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Everyone wears a suit and tie to the table.
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Morpurgo must have been wearing the same tie the day she came to Tyler's Hard.
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Many of the men wore no ties .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be bagged and zip-tied
break a link/tie/connection
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Mr Eastwood argues it would break ties with local communities.
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Personnel changes confirmed the new liberalism in the Soviet Union and the attempt to break links with past behaviour.
diplomatic relations/ties
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A large part of his wealth is in a country with which Britain does not have diplomatic relations.
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Bonn has not cut official diplomatic relations with Baghdad but it withdrew all diplomatic personnel long ago.
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Kostunica has said that he accepts the Dayton borders, and wishes to establish diplomatic relations with Bosnia.
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Stories, however, have circulated that the Bush administration may be more open than was President Clinton to resuming diplomatic relations.
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
fit to be tied
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I was absolutely fit to be tied when I found out who got the promotion.
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He was fit to be tied.
the old school tie
the old school tie
tie/bind sb hand and foot
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We're bound hand and foot by all these safety regulations.
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Then, before she realised what was happening, he fastened her in the double stirrups, binding her hands and feet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If there is a tie
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The second game was very exciting, but it ended in a tie .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her.
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Even without the Guards tie , his dress and manner made it obvious that he was a Brit.
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Family ties extended to the making of several of the films at Toronto.
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Sig and Feels had their jackets off and ties loosened.
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To some, it seemed odd that he was able to maintain those ties.
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Why can female staff in Canterbury wear casual clothes but the men have to wear shirts and ties?