TONGUE-TIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprive of speech

Example:

When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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