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hog·tie or hog-tie  (hôgt, hg-)
tr.v. hog·tied, hog·tie·ing or hog·ty·ing, hog·ties
1. To tie together the feet or legs of.
2. Informal To impede or disrupt in movement or action. See Synonyms at hamper1.
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But these are mere rope burns on a story that hogties contrasting views of physical and mental freedom, artistry and overindulgence, spirituality and self-knowledge, and enlightenment and insanity into grotesque configurations of often stunning brilliance.
RUSH SHINES IN DARK, BRILLIANT 'QUILLS' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
We are moving right along with Henry the paper boy, because when things go wrong, Henry flies on borrowed power: he hogties a roughneck dog, arrests a runaway wagon, saves a threatened cat, and then saves the sparrow the cat's after.
'The Adventures of Sparrowboy' by Pinkney, Brian / The Horn Book Magazine
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