tie traffic up

Fig. to cause road traffic to stop. If you tie traffic up for too long, you'll get a traffic ticket. Please don't stop on the roadway. It'll tie up traffic.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ywain	-	Arthurian Romance
Pihla	-	Finnish
Talya	-	Hebrew
Hilda	HIL-də (English), HIL-dah (German, Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient German
Misaki	mee-sah-kee	Japanese
Francie	['fra:nsi]