to restrict sb's freedom, for example by making them accept particular conditions or by keeping them busy :
Kids tie you down, don't they?
I don't want to tie myself down to coming back on a particular date.
to restrict sb's freedom, for example by making them accept particular conditions or by keeping them busy :
Kids tie you down, don't they?
I don't want to tie myself down to coming back on a particular date.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005