Meaning of hog-tie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.
   transitive
2. To render helpless.
   figuratively

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Examples

“# “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]””

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