sew up
verb
sewed up; sewn up or sewed up; sewing up; sews up
1
: to mend completely by sewing
2
: to get exclusive use or control of
3
: to make certain of : be assured of
the team sewed up the division title
Examples of sew up in a Sentence
sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf
Recent Examples on the Web
How Google got here After building its near monopoly position in the search market, Google began sewing up the online ad market more than 15 years ago, first with the purchase of online ad marketplace DoubleClick in 2007 for $3.1 billion.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
The majority of the NFL’s media rights deals are sewn up with traditional broadcast partners.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
With neither candidate having sewed up a majority of delegates, the race came down to the undecided delegates.
—Caitlin Jewitt, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Left field is probably sewn up by a certain Oakland native, but which former MVP should start in right?
Fill out your all-time A’s lineup card by voting below for your choice to start at each of the nine positions.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
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Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
The majority of the NFL’s media rights deals are sewn up with traditional broadcast partners.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
With neither candidate having sewed up a majority of delegates, the race came down to the undecided delegates.
—Caitlin Jewitt, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Left field is probably sewn up by a certain Oakland native, but which former MVP should start in right?
Fill out your all-time A’s lineup card by voting below for your choice to start at each of the nine positions.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sew%20up. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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