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You can get the definitions of tie as a phrasal verb here.
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RonBee
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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" :?:
... works as an escapologist :lol:
... works as an escapologist :lol: