| 单词 | gum up |
| 释义 | gum upSEE SYNONYMS FOR gum up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to cover, dab, or stiffen with gum informal to make a mess of; bungle (often in the phrase gum up the works) Words nearby gum upgumshoe, gumsucker, gum thus, gum tragacanth, gum tree, gum up, gumweed, gumwood, gun, guna, gunboat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with gum upgum up Ruin or bungle something, as in The front office has gummed up the sales campaign thoroughly. This idiom is also put as gum up the works, as in John's changes in procedures have gummed up the works in the shipping department. [Slang; c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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