all sewed up
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“The boss has got his all sewed up. Personally, this time, personally.”
From The Guardian
They put me in a work-day rig, as usually is done— A wampus and short overalls all sewed up into one.
From Project Gutenberg
If you promise, I assure you that no one else will get the release until your paper has the scoop all sewed up.’
From Project Gutenberg
Broadway for Kennedy" at the Shubert Theater, Bacall sauntered onstage to cheers and let loose some sizzlers: "They tell us that the convention is all sewed up, but these are the same people who told us that Gerald Ford would be Ronald Reagan's Vice President and that Chrysler stock is a good buy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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