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hogtie

vb. (alternative spelling of hog-tie English)

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Hogtie

The hogtie is a method of tying the limbs together, rendering the subject immobile and helpless. Originally, it was applied to pigs (hence the name) and other young four-legged animals.

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Watson, claim they had a warrant, hogtie that sonofabitch, Ed Brewer said, and take him in.

The idea that some state-endorsed ideology or popular prejudice would hogtie scientific progress seems unthinkable.

Heck was of course willing to yield the role of commander, which was never his in the first place, but no way was he going to miss the hogtying party.