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ties upverbpresent tense third-person singular of tie up to create difficulty for the work or activity ofan accident is tying up traffic at 5th and Broadway clogs, cramps, embarrasses, encumbers, fetters, hampers, handcuffs, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, hog-ties, holds back, holds up, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, short-circuits, stymies, trammels balks, checks, constrains, curbs, reins, restrainsbinds, chains, halters, leashes, tethers, tiesarrests, brakes, delays, retains, retardsbarricades, blockades, blocks, roadblocksbogs (down), mireschokes, smothers, stifles, strangles, suffocatesbaffles, foils, frustrates, stumps, thwartsderails, disrupts, sabotagesmuzzles, represses, suppressesconfines, hedges (in), hems (in) cramps one's style, gives a hard time aids, assists, facilitates, helps clears, makes way, opens, unclogs, unplugs, unstopsfrees, liberates, releases, untiesloosens, smooths(also smoothes)encourages, furthers, promotes |