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View synonyms for sew up

sew up

verb

  1. to fasten or mend completely by sewing
  2. to acquire sole use or control of
  3. informal.
    to complete or negotiate successfully

    to sew up a deal



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Bubby, why don't you go home and have your mother sew up that awful hole in your trowsers?

She was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.

I stopped him pretty quickly, and bade him sew up his mouth until he came to his sober senses again.

Sew up the neck and vent, brown the fowl in the oven, then stew it in stock till tender.

Mix all these well together, and lay it on the bones; then draw the skin over it, and sew up.

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