Not really. If you said 'Tie him' it would sound a bit incomplete. 'Tie him to what?' would be response. 'Tie him to the chair?' 'To the desk?'. You tie a knot, tie a bow, tie a tie (the clothing accessory) - as in the things which are literally knotted one part over another - but you probably wouldn't say 'Tie him' on its own. As you've probably realised, particles such as 'up' and 'out' can be added to regular transitive verbs to add more to the meaning of the verb. For example, we wouldn't usually say 'Tidy!' or 'Drink!' without specifying the object, but we would say 'Tidy up!' or 'Drink up!'. The 'up' makes the actions complete in themselves, with no need to add any more information.

Hi Tiger—Yes. if you were a criminal and you were talking to another criminal about your victim, you could just say, “Tie him.” He would know what you meant :) Ilene