tie-up
- n a social or business relationship
- n an interruption of normal activity
- But despite the hype around this would-be tie-up the head of Reliance Big Entertainment refused to comment to PTI on the speculation and while many smaller deals will .
- Its single-entrance internal road system has been dubbed the "world's largest cul-de-sac," and last fall it suffered a monumental traffic tie-up similar to Kennedy's disaster .
- Earlier this summer, many mining-industry analysts were skeptical that China would actually act against the proposed Rio-BHP tie-up.