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tie to

tie to verb: to rely on (someone).

Verb

tie to (third-person singular simple present ties to, present participle tying to, simple past and past participle tied to)

  1. (US, archaic, transitive) To rely on (someone).
    • He's dependable enough that you can always tie to him.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To connect one thing to another; to prove that a connection exists between two things.
    • That evidence ties him to the boathouse at the time of the murder.
    • His GPS records tie to the dead woman.

Forms of tie to

third-person singular presentties to
present participletying to
past participletied to
pasttied to

Questions about tie to

What does tie to mean?
Tie to means to rely on (someone).
What part of speech is tie to?
Tie to is a verb.
What is the past tense of tie to?
The past tense of tie to is tied to.

Words near tie to in the dictionary

  1. tie tack
  2. tie tacks
  3. tie tacs
  4. tie that binds
  5. tie the knot
  6. tie to
  7. tie up
  8. tie up loose ends
  9. tie wire
  10. tie wires
  11. tie wrap

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