In a dead heat phrase
(Said of ending a contest or finishing a race) at exactly the same time or with exactly the same score or result.
With this new scoring system, that the race ends in a dead heat seems a remote possibility.
Jane took the lead in the race the whole time, but then Mary speeded up in the final lap, and they were in a dead heat.
He managed to be in a dead heat with John, who was thought to be faster than him.
To pull someone or something under the surface of the water.
1. To give short descriptions, some basic details, or information for something.
2. To do a quick drawing of something.
3. To make someone feel unpleasant.
1. To constrain one's freedom
2. To hold someone firmly by tying them
Be tied arms and legs up or be restricted by something that one can't do what they wish.
If you lace (something) up or lace up (something), you tie the laces of it, or If you lace (someone) up or lace up (someone), you help them tie the laces of their clothes.
This term comes from 18th-century British horse racing and is still part of racing terminology. It later was transferred to other kinds of competition.