hog-tie
Example Sentences
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Rodeo organizers are calling bull on a Los Angeles City Council proposal to hog-tie the sport in the name of animal rights.
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2022
When her elegant young man dawdles on the way to the altar, Welles tries to hog-tie her up with Ben Quick.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vexed was Pius XI because, after seven years of struggle, compromise and more struggle, Fascists were still trying to hog-tie Catholic Action.
From Time Magazine Archive
His flamboyant Senate oratory could drown an opponent in sweet molasses or hog-tie him in barbed wire.
From Time Magazine Archive
About the only time I didn’t go hunting was when the weather was bad, and even then Mama all but had to hog-tie me.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
