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
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Simone Biles sewed up the Americans’ gold medal with her floor routine.
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Harris sewed up Biden’s delegates and started her campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
Latin America At Chile’s rate meeting, cooler-than-expected inflation data likely sews up a quarter-point rate cut to 5.25%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Harris sewed up Biden’s delegates and started her campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
Latin America At Chile’s rate meeting, cooler-than-expected inflation data likely sews up a quarter-point rate cut to 5.25%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sew%20up. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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