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HOG-TIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tie together somebody's limbs

Example:

The prisoner was hog-tied

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hog-tie" is one way to...):

bind; tie down; tie up; truss (secure with or as if with ropes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to hog-tie the prisoners

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