tie in knots

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put (someone) in a difficult situation. idiomatic,transitive
    — That is where [Andrew] Cuomo’s unravelling began, with the revelation – admitted in part by his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, to state lawmakers – that the administration suppressed the number of nursing home deaths by several thousand in order to avoid a federal inquiry. DeRosa claimed the move was made to avoid Donald Trump tying them up in knots, but it sounded suspiciously like a cover-up.
  2. To make (someone) upset or anxious. idiomatic,transitive

词形变化

ties in knots present,singular,third-person tying in knots participle,present tied in knots participle,past tied in knots past tie up in knots alternative
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