tiesbdown
—phrasal verbwithtieverbuk/taɪ/us/taɪ/present participletying|past tense and past participletied
informal(LIMIT)
[Moften passive]
tolimitsomeone'sfreedom
限制，束缚（某人）
He'stieddownbyhaving toworkeverySaturday.他星期六都被工作拴住了。
We'd like totravelmore, but havingchildrenatschoolreallytiesus down.我们想去更多的地方旅游，可是上学的孩子们把我们拴住了。
(GET DECISION)
to make someone give you acleardecision
使（某人）明确表态
I'lltrytotieher downonherplans.我会设法让她把计划确定下来。