'tied up' definitions:
Definition of 'tied up'
From: WordNet
adjective
Kept occupied or engaged; "she's tied up at the moment and can't see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour"
Synonyms of 'tied up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbed in,
- at it,
- at work,
- bound,
- burdened with debt,
- busy,
- caught up in,
- deep in debt,
- embarrassed,
- employed,
- encumbered,
- engaged,
- enmeshed in,
- entangled in,
- far-gone,
- fettered,
- full of business,
- hampered,
- handcuffed,
- hard at it,
- hard at work,
- immersed in,
- implicated in,
- in bonds,
- in chains,
- in debt,
- in difficulties,
- in embarrassed circumstances,
- in harness,
- in hock,
- in irons,
- in the hole,
- in the red,
- indebted,
- involved,
- involved in,
- ironbound,
- manacled,
- mortgaged,
- occupied,
- on duty,
- on the go,
- on the hop,
- on the job,
- on the jump,
- on the move,
- on the run,
- plunged in debt,
- shackled,
- strapped,
- submerged in,
- tethered,
- tied,
- tied down,
- tied up in,
- trammeled,
- working,
- wrapped up in
Words containing 'tied up'
- -ties,
- Tie,
- Tied,
- Ties,
- To tie down,
- To tie up,
- Tying,
- tie down,
- tie in,
- tie up,
- tying up,
- Bale tie,
- Chain tie,
- Intermediate tie,
- To ride and tie,
- black tie,
- bola tie,
- bolo tie,
- bow tie,
- cup tie,
- fit to be tied,
- hog tie,
- railroad tie,
- string tie,
- tie beam,
- tie clip,
- tie rack,
- tie rod,
- tie tack,
- tie-in,
- tie-on,
- tie-up,
- tongue tie,
- tongue tied,
- white tie,
- windsor tie,
- Cross-tie,
- Tie-rod,
- Tongue-tie,
- Tongue-tied,
- White-tie,
- black-tie,
- bow-tie,
- hog-tie,
- old school tie,
- tie-dye,
- white tie and tails