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Old 20-Sep-2008, 19:01
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You can get the definitions of tie as a phrasal verb here.
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I had to work late.

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I think it means I was busy with my work, right?!
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I think it means I was busy with my work, right?!
Yep. "He was tied up at work" = "He was focused on work to the exclusion of everything else"

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Literally "tied up at work"

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i think it means he did could not make it to work because he was stressed
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