tie to

tie to (third-person singular simple present ties to, present participle tying to, simple past and past participle tied to)

1. (archaic, US, transitive) To rely on (someone).

   He's dependable enough that you can always tie to him.

2. (transitive, figurative) To connect one thing to another; to prove that a connection exists between two things.

   That evidence ties him to the boathouse at the time of the murder.

   His GPS records tie to the dead woman.