bound up
Wrapped together securely
Bound up means tightly connected or inseparable from something else: Her identity was bound up with her work.
The phrase suggests entanglement—fates, emotions, or circumstances so intertwined they can't easily be separated.
Less commonly, bound up describes something wrapped or tied: The package came bound up in brown paper.
- attachedJoined to another thing
- connectedJoined to another
- hand in gloveIntimately associated
- joined at the hipExtremely close, always together
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
tied up · tied in knots · all tied up · entangled · committed · related · intertwined · wrapped up · wrapped up in · constipated · caught up · caught up in · inseparable · interwoven · integrated · dependent · fastened · inextricable
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
bound updetached
Apart or uninvolved
disconnected · separate · disengaged · uninvolved · independent
bound, bind, binding, bounds, rebound, bounding, abound, unbound, abounding