Synonyms for tied up
tied up

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1. tied up(p)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"

   Antonyms:
   idle

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1. Craig Barnes:

   The first video I saw was an Asian girl who was tied up, and I wasn't too sure what was going on — I was a bit perplexed.

2. Chuck Peruto:

   He believed the world was evil, he wanted to have a race of people with a Black mother and a White father where they would have no contact with the outside world and solely rely on his teachings. He literally would have church services when the girls were tied up in his basement.

3. Gabriela Siller:

   We think the threats, demands and Trump tweets against Mexico will continue, especially because it's all tied up with the politics of the 2020 election.

4. Lindsay Wiley:

   One of the reasons, among many, we are seeing softer requirements -- soft mandates -- from employers, including government employers, at this point is that it minimizes the risk that these requirements will get tied up in the courts, i think there is room for employers and government agencies to go further than they are with these soft mandates.

5. Adam Kinzinger:

   If you run for office and if you get elected to Congress, you've got to be willing to lose it, you know, or else you can't do the job. I think a lot of people have their egos and their entire personalities tied up with being a member of Congress. And all the perks that go along with that. I think they need to be willing to walk away from it, and I think they need to think not just about the next election or the next news cycle, I think they need to think about history. I think they need to think about how they're going to be judged and, you know, what future generations are going to say about this moment.