all sewed up
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And so, when the nation's leaders, who fortnight ago seemed all sewed up by the Nazis, showed signs of stiffening, if only for a historic instant, the people were hysterically happy.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What else could they do when we had the case all sewed up?"
From Time Magazine Archive
If you promise, I assure you that no one else will get the release until your paper has the scoop all sewed up.’
From Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Annie Roe Carr
The gambler handled himself with difficulty, offering in explanation: "I'm all sewed up in bandages of one kind or another."
From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach
"Yassah, I got hit all sewed up in my close."
From The Man in Gray by Thomas Dixon
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