tie off
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To put a knot at the end of something to stop it from coming loose or to close it off.
"The surgeon carefully tied off the blood vessel before closing the wound."
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No, I'm not taking my tie off.
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using a shoelace to tie off the umbilical cord.
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my tie off or not uh but um but let
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There's no other way to tie off your own arm.