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单词 sew up
释义 sew up
transitive verb
1. Britain : to wear out : fatigue
 < reclining hopelessly on a settee, already dazed, sewn up, exhausted, and knocked out — Herbert Read >
2.
 a. : to secure or assure exclusive control of (as a business proposition or arrangement) usually by verbal agreement or contract : monopolize
  < 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. : to arrange for exclusive control or use of the services of (a person) : to place under contract
  < 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. : to obtain or make certain of the support or cooperation of (a person or group)
  < sew up as many … delegates as possible — Newsweek >
  < we sewed up the women's vote with this one — Time >
 d. slang : to gain exclusive hold on the affection or attention of (a person)
  < the girl who asked him hadn't been able to sew up the captain of the … football team — Scott Fitzgerald >
3. : to settle or determine (as the outcome or development)
 < 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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