tie-up

By eight o'clock it was clear that the tie-up would be only partial.

Accordingly, the National Committee left no stone unturned to complete the tie-up, already 75 per cent.

Each one had her own little book that hung from its nail on a beam of the tie-up behind her stall.

He might have missed the car he should have taken, or there might be a tie-up somewhere along the line.

The tie-up would have been so complete and enduring that a settlement would have been compulsory.

Complications arising from the tie-up followed him at every turn.

A tie-up at such a time would rob him of all he had gained by beating Mascola at El Diablo.

Press the brake of the foot as you roll around the corners to save the collapse and tie-up.

Could any tie-up with Russia—even a psionic one—stand against that kind of investigation?

Freight trains crowded every track in the yard, and the block of twelve hours indicated what a two-day tie-up would mean.