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tie-upnoun a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movementa tie-up at the junction of Main and Central has slowed traffic to a crawl backup, bottleneck, jam, jam-up, logjam, snarl, tailback(British) tanglegridlock, lockcongestion, trafficcrawl, delay, slowdown, stoppage 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 affiliation, alliance, association, collaboration, confederation, connection, cooperation, hookup, liaison, linkup, partnership, relation, relationship, union business, dealings, interactionexchange, interconnection, interrelation, mutualism, reciprocity, symbiosisincorporation, integration, merger, unificationaffinity, attachment, closeness, intimacy, rapport, sympathykinship, oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unitycolleagueship, companionship, company, fellowshipbed, cahoots, league disaffiliation, dissociation breakup, dissolution, disuniondivision, parting, separation, severance, splitalienation, divorce, estrangement tie upverbto create difficulty for the work or activity ofan accident is tying up traffic at 5th and Broadway clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, trammel balk, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrainbind, chain, halter, leash, tether, tiearrest, brake, delay, retain, retardbarricade, block, blockade, roadblockbog (down), mirechoke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocatebaffle, foil, frustrate, stump, thwartderail, disrupt, sabotagemuzzle, repress, suppressconfine, hedge (in), hem (in) cramp one's style, give a hard time aid, assist, facilitate, help clear, make way, open, unclog, unplug, unstopfree, liberate, release, untieloosen, smoothencourage, further, promote in 1530 |