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tied someone's hands

tied someone's hands is the simple past and past participle of tie someone's hands.

Meaning of tie someone's hands

Verb

tie someone's hands (third-person singular simple present ties someone's hands, present participle tying someone's hands, simple past and past participle tied someone's hands)

  1. (idiomatic, often in passive voice) To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone.
    • This contract would have tied my hands.

Questions about tied someone's hands

What is tied someone's hands the simple past and past participle of?
Tied someone's hands is the simple past and past participle of tie someone's hands.

Words near tied someone's hands in the dictionary

  1. tied oneself up in knots
  2. tied out
  3. tied over
  4. tied pub
  5. tied pubs
  6. tied someone's hands
  7. tied someone's tubes
  8. tied the knot
  9. tied to
  10. tied up
  11. tied up in knots

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