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
Constraints that would hog-tie any democratic politician and most dictators mean little to Saddam.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
