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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Tying

Hi.

What's the difference between 'tie up' and 'tie down'?

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"tie down" means to tie so as to prevent something from lifting up or leaving a floor or flat surface. For example, you would tie down the cargo on a ship's deck, or a load on the back of a truck. org/wiki/tie_down * Though you could also tie down those things if specifically securing them flat to a surface.

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  • "tie down" means to tie so as to prevent something from lifting up or leaving a floor or flat surface.
  • For example, you would tie down the cargo on a ship's deck, or a load on the back of a truck.
  • org/wiki/tie_down * Though you could also tie down those things if specifically securing them flat to a surface.
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"tie down" means to tie so as to prevent something from lifting up or leaving a floor or flat surface. For example, you would tie down the cargo on a ship's deck, or a load on the back of a truck. "tie up" does not have the specific "prevent from lifting up" meaning, and might typically be used of people, animals or packages, for example.* There are a number of other idiomatic meanings:

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