Cords
Tie
Tie noun - A situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other.
Nearby Word: tied
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He did tie parachute cords to their ankles and left their wings unbound but he saw no reason to tell them either of those things.
Source: Fanfic / The Great Alicorn Hunt -
This gives the evil brother lurking in the background the idea to cut down the curtain cords and use them to tie him up with it.
Source: Death by Genre Savviness -
Used and lampshaded in Arsenic and Old Lace where the main character is a film critic, and in one scene he describes an the stupidity of an oblivious victim, even going so far as to suggest using the curtain cords as rope to tie him up.
Source: Genre Blindness aka: Genre Blind
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