单词 | sew up |
释义 | sew up 1. Britain < reclining hopelessly on a settee, already dazed, sewn up, exhausted, and knocked out — Herbert Read > 2. a. < the guilds had sewed up such primitive trade and industry as there were — D.C.Coyle > < in a position to sew up the preferred time spots — Goodman Ace > b. < the stars were already sewed up in three-year deals by the established hotels — Time > < hopes to sew up the champion for a 15-round battle > c. < sew up as many … delegates as possible — Newsweek > < we sewed up the women's vote with this one — Time > d. slang < the girl who asked him hadn't been able to sew up the captain of the … football team — Scott Fitzgerald > 3. < backstage negotiations have sewed up the results in advance — Newsweek > < need only one more victory to sew up their third straight … championship — Time > < when he confessed before he died, that sewed the whole thing up — Hartley Howard > |
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