jam-up
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jam-up
First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase jam up
Example Sentences
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Also, millions will watch a 13-player jam-up on Sunday for the pure — U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2017
For many companies, the jam-up has had an unnerving effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although they fly thousands of miles away from the U.S., the Maltese pilots found themselves in an almost daily radio jam-up because airliner controllers in Atlanta, Ga., were broadcasting on their frequency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of sabotaging the oil lift by failing to boost production appreciably, Texas had done a "jam-up job," had helped make it "amazingly successful, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding."
From Time Magazine Archive
"No, not an intimate, but he was in my class—and he's a whacking, jam-up, ace-high football player."
From The Chase of the Golden Plate by Jacques Futrelle
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