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tie oneself to the mast en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lash oneself to the mast.
    • You ensure your survival as a trader when on a clear day you tie yourself to the mast of a trading plan and money management rules. 2014, Alexander Elder, The New Trading for a Living, page 42:
    • The ability, metaphorically, to tie yourself to the mast in the face of temptation is an essential one in reaping the fruits of coherence. 2012, Tjaco Walvis, Branding with Brains:
    • But I give myself over to it, research it, make plans to tie myself to the mast. 2015, Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Cruel Country, page 135:
    • He was loyal beyond a doubt and he would tie himself to the mast of Bush's ship. 2004, Alexander Moens, The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush:

Forms

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ties oneself to the mast Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tying oneself to the mast Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tied oneself to the mast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tied oneself to the mast Tense=Past lexicographic