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Idiom idiom

tie the knot


To marry, wed, get married.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

My sister plans to tie the knot next summer.

CONTEXTUAL

After ten years together, they finally decided to tie the knot in a small ceremony by the lake.

COMPLEX

The elderly couple, who had lived together for three decades, chose to tie the knot only when one fell gravely ill and legal protections became urgent.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    balloon knot

    The anus.

  2. 02

    fit to be tied

    Very agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious.

  3. 03

    get one's knickers in a knot

    Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.

  4. 04

    get one's shorts in a knot

    Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.

  5. 05

    have one's hands tied

    To be powerless to act, to be thwarted.

  6. 06

    Peckham Rye

    [Cockney slang]tie

  7. 07

    statistical tie

    A situation in which the difference in popularity of two options in a poll is less than the margin of error.

  8. 08

    tie in

    To fit in or harmonize (with something).

Last updated August 10, 2026