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ties down
verb
Third person singular of tie down
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Mr Wade must also deal with a rebellion in the southern province of Casamance, where a fragmented separatist movement makes armed attacks periodically and ties down much of the army.Mr Wade, who has spent much time recently out of the country, may leave day-to-day business to Mustafa Niasse.
"His father is Australian, he has strong links and family ties down under.
By an enlightened philanthropist like Owen who can miraculously break through the chain of determination which ties down everyone else? Marx's response, in both the Theses and the Critique, is that the proletariat can break free only by their own self-transforming action.
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"They were tied down.
And no one likes being tied down.
Boris Johnson hates being tied down.
Bell tied down for four deliveries.
I've never been tied down.
Sam Jackson has that tied down now.
Everyone loves seeing us tied down here.
He'd learned a lesson about not being tied down.
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