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tie-down
[ tahy-doun ]
noun
- a device for tying something down.
- the act of tying something down.
Word History and Origins
Origin of tie-down1
Idioms and Phrases
Constrain, confine, or limit, as in As long as the children were small, she was too tied down to look for a job . [Late 1600s]Example Sentences
It takes her a moment to find a suitable tie-down point on the hull.
I'm gettin' too old, too plumb old and disgusted with this vale of steers to change and tie down to short grass.
It is not too much to tie down every third time the needle end of the silk comes to the back.
And we heard Jack tie down the front of the cover and roll over on the bed again.
Pour the mixture into strong bottles, stopper them tightly with new corks, and tie down the corks with strong twine.
But in another half hour Vincent had to bring the boat's head up to the wind, lower the lug, and tie down the last reef.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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