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What is "hog-tie"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hog-tie

also hogtie, "bind hands and feet," 1887, from hog (n.) + tie (v.). Related: Hog-tied.

Wiktionary
hog-tie

vb. 1 To tie an animal's or someone's feet together; originally all four legs of a quadruped. 2 (context figuratively English) To render helpless.

WordNet
hog-tie

v. tie together somebody's feet; "The prisoner was hog-tied"

Usage examples of "hog-tie".

And let me tell you, Vivvie, that if you go anywhere near my client waving a prenup, I will hog-tie you.

He think the feller want to give him a ride, but instead, the feller conked Sue over the head with his oar an hog-tied him an nex thing he knew, he was sold to some guy that put him in a exhibit in Paris.

Maybe America's hog-tied six ways from Sunday thanks to the Know-nothings letting the We-know-what's-best-for-everyone types have their wicked way with our laws and our lives, but this is still a democracy.