| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali |
tie [sth/sb] up,
tie up [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (fasten or secure with rope) | legare⇒ vtr |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun. |
| | Joe wrapped the package and tied it up with string. |
| | Joe preparò un pacchetto e lo legò con un nastro. |
tie [sth/sb] up,
tie up [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, often passive (keep occupied) | impegnare⇒, occupare⇒ vtr |
| | | tenere impegnato, tenere occupato vtr |
| | Julia declined the meeting as it would have tied her up for three hours. |
| | Julia rifiutò l'invito alla riunione perché ciò l'avrebbe impegnata per tre ore. |
tie [sth] up,
tie up [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (end, bring to a conclusion) | concludere⇒ vtr |
| | | trovare una conclusione vtr |
| | The writer struggled to tie up his complex story. |
| | Lo scrittore si sforzava di concludere il suo complesso racconto. |
| | Lo scrittore si sforzava di trovare una conclusione per il suo complesso racconto. |
Verbi frasali
tie | tying up | tie up |
| tie in vi phrasal | (be consistent) | concordare⇒, coincidere⇒, combaciare⇒, corrispondere⇒ vi |
| | James said they'd got home at 2 am and Paul said the same, so that ties in. |
| tie in with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be consistent with) | concordare con, coincidere con, combaciare con, corrispondere a vi |
| | This pottery fragment is 500 years old, which ties in with what archaeologists believe about the age of the settlement. |
| tie [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (connect with [sth]) | collegare⇒, connettere⇒ vtr |
| | This is a great idea, but it doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the novel. I'm not sure we can tie it in. |
| tie in vi phrasal | (occur at coordinated time) | coincidere⇒, combaciare⇒ vi |
| | | essere connesso, essere in relazione vi |
| | Our train gets in at 19:00 and the concert starts at 19:30, so that ties in. |
| tie in with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (occur at coordinated time with) | coincidere con, combaciare con vi |
| | | essere connesso, essere in relazione vi |
| | You want to meet for lunch? We'll be in town at midday anyway, so yes, that ties in with our plans. |
| tie into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | US, figurative, informal (get started on) | iniziare⇒ vtr |
| | | lanciarsi in v rif |
| tie [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | slang (accounting: match) | far combaciare⇒ vtr |
| | Can you tie out the client's financial statements with his accounts receivable ledger? |
| | Riesci a far combaciare i bilanci d'esercizio del cliente con il partitario clienti? |
| tie out vi phrasal | slang (accounting: tally) | combaciare⇒ vi |
| | These numbers don't tie out. |