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tied up

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Adj.1.tied up - 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"
busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
tied up
adjective busy, occupied, engaged, engrossed, kept busy He's tied up with his new book.


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He remembered how we tied up bundles of leaves to carry home for beds.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
My reading had taught me that many serious accidents had happened in the Alps simply from not having the people tied up soon enough; I was not going to add one to the list.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Granet pulled down the German flag, tied up a stone inside it and threw it into the next wave.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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