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Meanings of tied hand in English

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Usage of tied hand in English
1
But with you for my companion I should be tied hand and foot.
Run to Earth: A Novel
2
Fezzik carried Buttercup lightly on his shoulders; she was still tied hand and foot.
The Princess Bride
3
George Hill and his wife were tied hand and foot to two straight-backed chairs.
The Revolt on Venus
4
I thought they had you tied hand and foot back yonder in the big hills.
Branded
5
By it France is betrayed and delivered over, tied hand and foot, to the enemy.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
6
Pending his arrival I am tied hand and foot.
Bat Wing
7
Some they shot,-somethey hanged,-andsome they threw, tied hand and foot, into the river.
American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
8
I'm tied hand and foot, and I can't get up and meander over green pastures.
Burning Daylight
9
So, you see, I am tied hand and-Pardonme!
The Penalty
10
On the floor, tied hand and foot, was a young man, stripped to boxer shorts, gagged.
Map of bones
11
The aged man was tied hand and foot and beaten and abused the whole night long.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
12
I could see myself tied hand and foot.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
13
I had him safe-almosttied hand and foot.
Trailin'!
14
Lying in it, tied hand and foot and, for one reason or another, unconscious, is NOODLES.
Once upon a time in America
15
What could I do, with five-and-twenty of them on me, but be tied hand and foot?
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
16
It was certainly tantalizing that he should be tied hand and foot, utterly unable to help himself.
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
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