get tied up

To be or become detained or delayed by someone, something, or some task. Sorry I'm late! I got tied up in a meeting at work and couldn't leave. I was on my way to see a movie but got tied up talking to Pete on the way there.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yasu	yah-soo	Japanese
Sho	sho:	Japanese
Gaufrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Chinyelu	-	Western African, Igbo
SÜReyya	-	Turkish
Jana (1)	YAH-nah (Dutch, German)	Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan