to tie oneself (up) in

  • 81ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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  • 82detach — detach, disengage, abstract mean to remove one thing from another with which it is in union or association. One detaches something when one breaks a literal or figurative connection, tie, or bond and thereby isolates it or makes it independent… …

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  • 83occupy — v 1. fill, fill up, permeate, pervade, cover, take up. 2. engage, employ, use, busy; interest, beguile, arrest, absorb, engross, preoccupy, concern, be on one s mind, absorb one s thoughts; entertain, divert, amuse; hold, secure, tie up, tie down …

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  • 84rest — I n 1. sleep, repose, slumber. Inf. beauty sleep; nap, catnap, nod, snooze, doze, siesta, Inf. forty winks; coma, Pathol. sopor, trance, stupor; lethargy, sluggishness, torpor, torpescence; dormancy, hibernation, estivation. 2. pause, halt, stand …

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  • 85engage — [v1] hire for job, use appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board*, charter, come on board*, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink*, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with*;… …

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  • 86ger-3 —     ger 3     English meaning: to turn, wind     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden”     Material: A. O.Ind. guṇá ḥ (*gr̥ nó s) “ the single thread of a string, line, cord; stain “ (dvi , tri guṇa actually “ consisting of two, three threads …

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  • 87draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… …

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  • 88run — v. & n. v. (running; past ran; past part. run) 1 intr. go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. 2 intr. flee, abscond. 3 intr. go or travel hurriedly, briefly, etc. 4 intr. a advance by… …

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  • 89tongue — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in man) for speech. 2 the tongue of an ox etc. as food. 3 the faculty of or a tendency in speech (a sharp tongue). 4 a particular language (the… …

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  • 90settle for — phrasal : to content oneself with : be content with asked an endowment of two million but had to settle for one would settle for a tie score * * * settle for To agree to accept (usu as a compromise) • • • Main Entry: ↑settle * * * ˈsettle for… …

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