tie sb down
informal— phrasal verb with tie uk/taɪ/us/taɪ/verb present participle tying, past tense and past participle tied
(LIMIT)
[ M often passive ] to limit someone's freedom:
He's tied down by having to work every Saturday.
We'd like to travel more, but having children at school really ties us down.
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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(GET DECISION)
to make someone give you a clear decision:
I'll try to tie her down on her plans.
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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