Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tie as a hog is tied, all four feet together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
tie an animal's or someone'sfeet together; originally all four legs of aquadruped . - verb figuratively To render
helpless .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tie together somebody's limbs
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Examples
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When a boar was spotted, the dogs were released and they would fly at the boar, grab the closest piece of hide where they landed (usually an ear or foreleg) and the agents would 'hog-tie' the animal.
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Timken had resisted the impulse then, and now he wanted to hog-tie her and do what he should have done before.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Timken had resisted the impulse then, and now he wanted to hog-tie her and do what he should have done before.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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When a boar was spotted, the dogs were released and they would fly at the boar, grab the closest piece of hide where they landed (usually an ear or foreleg) and the agents would 'hog-tie' the animal.
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Timken had resisted the impulse then, and now he wanted to hog-tie her and do what he should have done before.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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A cross between the hog-tie and wrestling, this event will separate the parents from the wannabes.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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As he settled his skinny limbs onto her, reaching to position himself, she pressed her legs together tight for a second, aware she could whip and hog-tie this boy any day of the week, but kissed him once, drawing his hands to her breasts, before she kneed him hard in his privates and pushed him off.
Good Country. People. Heather Fowler 2011
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Timken had resisted the impulse then, and now he wanted to hog-tie her and do what he should have done before.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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A cross between the hog-tie and wrestling, this event will separate the parents from the wannabes.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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If it were possible to, say, hog-tie John Harris with Wonder Woman's truth-compelling Golden Lasso, here's what he'd say about the Politico and Dick Cheney: they are in a co-dependent, enabling relationship.
William Bradley: Obama's Security Problems: The Media, Cheney and, Oh Yes, the Issue 2010
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