tie against somebody

A small fishing boat was tied up hard against the wall.

The 21 Gator points tied the most against a team that had given up an average of just 8.

And tied against its head with a cord was the lock of my own dark, straight hair.

"Hezbollah fighters cannot stand to have their hands tied against these crimes."

It would not have taken much for Sharur to tie quiet against the wall.

Starting with the basics: Mate's not a young girl and he wasn't tied against a tree.

Before meeting Wisconsin they had won two games and tied one against minor league pro teams.

The bed was larger and had a canopy over it with curtains hanging down which tied back against the wall.

Hughes tied a game against the Dutch national team with a 9th-inning sacrifice fly.

This is often tied to high levels of tolerance of violence against women in countries.