to tie up
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3.3
- phrasal verb
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resolver
- We need to tie up all of the loose ends.
- tie up loose ends
- tie up loose ends
But thinking back, she just didn't tie up the things that I wanted.
- But thinking back, she just didn't tie up the things that I wanted.
- So she like tied up a couple loose ends from the series.
- It gave us these characters again and that world again, and it tied up a few loose strings.
- So let's just come full circle again just to tie up all these loose ends.
- And he still doesn't finish them in the book, but he but he ties up a couple loose threads.
- I gave you the part that you were missing and it turned out that part tied up a lot of loose ends.
- Sadly, this potential rivalry is one more loose end still waiting to be tied up.
- And to tie up that Chris Sale story, I went over three with three strikeouts.
- Aly has stuff to tie up in our home state still, but she's already sent me half of July's rent.
- What did you feel that you needed to tie up or finish or, or add or I mean, editing is arduous and crazy.
- It was because I was so confused as to how the stories were going to tie up.
Examples
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But first I have to tie up a few loose ends.
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What remains is to tie up the loose ends.
Fiction book (1995) -
We will never tie up all those little details.
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I have a few loose ends to tie up -- probably tomorrow.
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I had some loose ends to tie up.
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I have no idea what I'll be doing in a month, but for now, I have some loose ends to tie up.
Fiction book (1997) -
What we're going to do is I'm going to just spend a few minutes tying up some loose ends from the last class.
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I'm impressed by the way you've tied up all the loose ends.
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Her involvement would refer back to the first movie and could tie up the trilogy quite nicely.
Blog text (13) -
I need to tie up a few loose ends on this project before I can submit it.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop something or make it finish
∞
1.0
To bring something to an end or complete it
∞
1.0
To finish an event, meeting, or activity
226
3.0
Finish an activity or task
190
2.0
To complete an activity or task
74
3.8
Complete the last details to make something ready
50
3.9
To make a formal agreement with others
38
5.1
To finally get something after a long effort
31
2.5
To complete the last part of a task
22
4.0
Make an agreement official by accepting its final terms
17
3.7
Bring an activity or meeting to an end
12
2.6
To finish tasks completely so nothing is left
11
4.0
To complete something by adding the final touches
6
3.6
Finish small remaining tasks and problems before ending a project
1
3.3
To finish the last parts of a job
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
tie + up
The sense 'to complete the final details' is a metaphorical extension of 'tie' (to bind) plus the particle 'up' which often signals completion; this makes the relation partially inferable from the parts. However, the specific collocational use (e.g. 'tie up loose ends') is somewhat idiomatic and not fully predictable from the literal meanings, so a B1 learner may need exposure to be sure.
Etymology
Tie up comes from tying the loose ends of a rope to finish it, making everything secure. That's why it means 'to complete the final details' or 'finish'.