stop up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ stop )
1 . stop something ↔ up to block a hole or pipe so that water, smoke etc cannot go through it
2 . British English informal to stay up late:
Joe stopped up till 3 o'clock to watch the boxing.
stop up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ stop )
1 . stop something ↔ up to block a hole or pipe so that water, smoke etc cannot go through it
2 . British English informal to stay up late:
Joe stopped up till 3 o'clock to watch the boxing.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012