SEW UP


Meaning of SEW UP in English

1.

If you sew up pieces of cloth or tears in cloth or skin, you join them together using a needle and thread.

Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip...

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P

2.

If someone sews up something such as a business deal, an election, or a game, they make sure that they will get the result they want. ( INFORMAL )

If they didn’t move fast, Johnson could sew this deal up within days...

The Italians think they’ve got it all sewn up.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P , V n P , also V P n (not pron)

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