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Verb tie down has 2 senses

tie down, tie up, bind, truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
--₁ is one way to restrain, confine, hold
Sample sentence:
They want to tie down the prisoners
tie down - restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work"
--₂ is one way to oblige, bind, hold, obligate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE