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Get tied up
verb
To be detained or delayed.
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Get tied up (be sure to have a safe word!).
You get tied up in knots.
Don't want a get tied up in that damn parade".
Yet the pipes get tied up years in advance.
You can get tied up trying to figure out who is what.
The older you get, the more loose ends that you've observed through life get tied up.
In response, top Democrats warned that the emergency relief should not get tied up in the running budget dispute.
Their identities get tied up with their avatars, and that in itself makes the sites seem important.
The men persistently grasp their female partners by the head, and only the women get tied up.
And besides, it's like West said: "A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up".
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