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tying back

tying back is the present participle and gerund of tie back.

Meaning of tie back

Verb

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

  1. To tie or fasten behind.
    • Marie tied back her long hair to keep it out of her way when she worked.

Questions about tying back

What is tying back the present participle and gerund of?
Tying back is the present participle and gerund of tie back.

Words near tying back in the dictionary

  1. Tyighs
  2. tyin
  3. tying
  4. tying a can to it
  5. tying and dyeing
  6. tying back
  7. tying down
  8. tying hand and foot
  9. tying in
  10. tying in knots
  11. tying in with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tying back (page history and authors); tie back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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