bound up with someone or something

bound up with someone or something
bound up with someone or something
deeply concerned or involved with someone or something. •

He's so bound up with his work, he has time for nothing else.

Andrew is bound up with his girlfriend and has time for no one else.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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