Lost and Tied up

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Lost adjective - No longer possessed.

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Tied up and lost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tied up" instead an adjective "Lost".

Nearby Word: losing

Tied up adjective - Kept occupied or engaged.

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Lost and tied up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lost" instead an adjective phrase "Tied up".

The torturer present remarks to the chief interrogator that he seems to be lost to them, and they leave the room, the final shot being the protagonist, tied up in a chair, singing quietly to himself, lost in insanity.

Source: Cuckoo Nest
After getting lost these girls tied him up, wouldn't share the food they scavenged, kicked him out into the cold all night, and actually dragged him through the desert while still tied up.

Source: Girl Scouts Are Evil
He also once got tied up in the desert, stripped to a see-through shirt and smeared with honey as a means of torture in some footage that is sadly lost.

Source: Distressed Dude

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