tied up

Fig. busy. How long will you be tied up? I will be tied up in a meeting for an hour.

mod. busy. I was tied up and couldn’t get to the phone.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Halcyon	-	Various
Archelaos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Georgette	zhor-ZHET	French
AmÉLia	-	Portuguese
Colin (2)	KAHL-in	English
Fink	[fiŋk]