Tie

[Tdol]

You can get the definitions of tie as a phrasal verb here.

 

[RonBee]

I had to work late.

;-)

 

[sara88]

I think it means I was busy with my work, right?!

 

[RonBee]

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"

 

[bwana_ndege]

Literally "tied up at work" :?:

... works as an escapologist :lol:

 

[Justine]

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