1.   An alternative method of tying off rope coils using a separate figure of eight tied into the harness.

2.   He tautened the rope and then tied it off.

3.   He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord.

4.   Then the end is tied off as before.

5.   But in the operation, surgeons had to tie off the external carotid artery because the cancer had wrapped itself around the blood vessel in his neck.

6.   Demetrio ties off water balloons for the youngsters.

7.   Doctors tied off one-half of the dual artery ruptured by the bullet, letting the other half serve her brain.

8.   He sang while pretending to tie off his arm and inject the drug.

9.   In rare cases, damaged parts of the main saphenous vein itself are tied off, though not cut, and the vein is gradually absorbed by the body.