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  • 51tie-in —  Joint promotion; two or more promotion campaigns that are linked together.  ► “General Mills is aiming up with a 4th quarter promotion for Berry Berry Kix that puts 3 super heroes in every box. The tie in with Marvel Comics’ popular X Men… …

    American business jargon

  • 52tie rod — [1] Any connecting red or bar, usually under tension. [2] A rod, or rods, connecting the steering arms together. It links the pitman arm and the idler arm to the steering knuckle arms. When the tie rod is moved, the wheels pivot …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 53tie-up — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Joint Venture; agreement to work together …

    English dialects glossary

  • 54tie — a rod, or bar, connecting two parts of a structure; in keeping the two parts together it is under tension. see also plank …

    Mechanics glossary

  • 55Tie-Beam — ♦ Transverse horizontal beam at or near wall top level, tying together the feet of the rafters and preventing their spread. It is above the wall plate in box framed types of rood, below it in cruck construction. (Wood, Margaret. The English… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 56tie wire — /ˈtaɪ waɪə/ (say tuy wuyuh) noun a piece of thin wire used to fasten items together …

  • 57tie someone up — bind someone s legs and arms together or bind someone to something so that they cannot move or escape robbers tied her up and ransacked her home ■ usu. be tied up informal occupy someone to the exclusion of any other activity she would be tied up …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 58hog-tie — verb tie together somebody s limbs The prisoner was hog tied • Hypernyms: ↑tie down, ↑tie up, ↑bind, ↑truss • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody They want to hog tie the prisoner …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59hog-tie — transitive verb Date: 1894 1. to tie together the feet of 2. to make helpless ; stymie < hog tie scientific progress > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 60To ride and tie — Tie Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti[ e]gan, fr. te[ a]g, te[ a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te[ o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to drag.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English