tied one on
Example Sentences
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In fact, the first time I tied one on I had serious doubts about its ability to catch tarpon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The six servants and the mandarin filled all Marmaduke's seven pockets with the packs of fire-crackers, and tied one on Wienerwurst's tail.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson
Jane gave Pen a kitchen apron and tied one on herself while she nodded.
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
He tied one on Venning's back and one on his own.
From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Ernest Glanville
