sew up
to fasten or mend completely by sewing
US to acquire sole use or control of
informal to complete or negotiate successfully: to sew up a deal
Words Nearby sew up
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How to use sew up in a sentence
Bubby, why don't you go home and have your mother sew up that awful hole in your trowsers?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousShe was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesI stopped him pretty quickly, and bade him sew up his mouth until he came to his sober senses again.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Woodsew up the neck and vent, brown the fowl in the oven, then stew it in stock till tender.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisMix all these well together, and lay it on the bones; then draw the skin over it, and sew up.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de Salis
Other Idioms and Phrases with sew up
Complete successfully, as in Our team has sewn up the championship. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
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