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HARD TERMINATES
Oct 23, 2008 11:32
16 yrs ago
English term

tie it off

English Other Construction / Civil Engineering manuale giardinaggio creativo
In un manuale sul giardinaggio creativo (sic) ho questa frase:
Tie string to one nail and pull it tight to the other nail; tie it off.

Il problema sorge con "tie it off". non riesco a trovare niente di accettabile...
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4 +7 tie (at the end) to secure it
4 tie them together

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+7
15 mins
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tie (at the end) to secure it

Step 5: To weave on the frame, tie the cotton string to the first nail and run the string back and forth around the nails. Tie it off at the last nail. ...
home.howstuffworks.com/yarn-crafts5.htm

Tie it off at the end and start a new line of wire at the next nail. Plant your vine. Plant a vine between each of the fence posts. ...
www.diynetwork.com/diy/gr_lawns_landscaping/article/0,2029,...

The string is already tied to one nail. You 'tie it off' at the other end, i.e. tie it to the other nail to secure it.
Peer comment(s):
agree orientalhorizon : in this case, yes.
7 mins
Thank you - yes, 'off' can be understood in different ways according to context. Here it gives the idea of 'finishing' (in other contexts, it could be 'separating').
agree Bashiqa
45 mins
Thank you, Bashiqa
agree David Moore (X) : Tie IT off = secure it to (the second nail).
58 mins
Thank you, David. That's right, 'it' refers to the string.
agree Ken Cox : The string is presumably longer than necessary to reach between the two nails, and it must be secured to the second nail so it does not go slack. The 'extra' string might be extended from there to another point, left as is, or cut off.
2 hrs
Thank you, Ken. Extended to another point? Maybe, though I tend to think there's a certain finality about 'tie it off'. At any rate, the 'tying off' is done at the end of this particular length of string that has to be kept taut.
agree axies : yes, secure it.
13 hrs
agree Demi Ebrite
13 hrs
agree Phong Le
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
2 mins

tie them together

Finish tieing them together
Peer comment(s):
agree orientalhorizon : tying up and fixing the string ends at the nails respectively.
9 mins
disagree David Moore (X) : "Them" here is incorrect; the instruction is "tie IT off"
1 hr
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