tie in with

English

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

(transitive, idiomatic) To become associated with (a person or group of people); to connect with.
- 2016 December 8, Matt Grobar, quoting Garth Davis, “'Lion' Director Garth Davis On His Journey Through Saroo Brierley's Life & Rooney Mara's Magnetic Humanity”, in Deadline.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-02-02:
  The first thing I did, and this is even before we had a writer, I went to India by myself. Actually at the time, I tied in with 60 Minutes, who were going over. They took the adopted mother to meet the birth mother.
- 2020 January 14, Samesh Mohanlall, “Seabourn Encore returns to Timaru's port after three years”, in Stuff‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-11-22:
  Church spokesman Ray Bennett said 94 visitors visited the church on Tuesday - the most ever from cruise ships. "I think that's because there was a shuttle bringing them here. We tied in with the museum for that," he said.
(transitive, idiomatic) To be related or relevant to.
- 1982 August 7, Robert A. Ellgas, “Gay Games”, in Gay Community News:
  Although this race ties in with what I'd like to say, it's not the main reason I'm writing.