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
Debi	DEB-ee	English
Yousef	-	Arabic
Aracely	-	Spanish
Leyla	-	Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, English (Modern)
Mikhal	-	Biblical Hebrew
Alferov	[a:lferɔf]