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[hog-tie]
{v.}, {informal} 1. To tie (an animal) so it is unable tomove or escape.
The
Cowboy caught a calf and hog-tied it.
2. Tomake someone unable to act freely;
limit.
The welfare worker wantedto help at once, but rules and regulations
hog-tied her, so she couldonly report the case.
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