English-French translations for tie up

• ficeler
  Nous devons saisir la chance qui nous est donnée de ficeler cette décision rapidement - trois mois à peine après que le Parlement ait examiné ce document révisé pour la première fois. We have a great opportunity to tie up this decision quickly, a mere three months after Parliament first debated this revised document.
• garrotter
• lacer
• ligoter
• nouer
• relier

Definition of tie up

• To secure with rope, string, etc
• To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay
• To complete, finish, or resolve

Examples

• Dont forget to tie up your hair before you bake.
• The robbers tied up the bank employees before forcing a way into the vault.
• He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.
• Id like to tie up the project before I leave.

Related words

• quotient group
• tie up again
• tied up; jammed
• be tied up
• taking up one's duties