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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After 48 minutes, the sixth seed had the early lead sewn up, taking her first set point when Vekić failed to retrieve a forehand.
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George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Harris also appears to have sewn up Biden’s polling gap with former President Donald Trump, trailing the Republican nominee by only 1 point in the New York Times’ polling average late Thursday.
—Christina Wilkie, CNBC, 26 July 2024
Some more history: incumbent Gerald Ford did not sew up the GOP nomination against a challenge by Ronald Reagan in 1976 until the delegates actually voted at their August convention.
—Jerry Goldfeder, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
The Democrats’ surprisingly strong showing in those elections seemed to sew up the question of whether Biden would run again.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
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George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Harris also appears to have sewn up Biden’s polling gap with former President Donald Trump, trailing the Republican nominee by only 1 point in the New York Times’ polling average late Thursday.
—Christina Wilkie, CNBC, 26 July 2024
Some more history: incumbent Gerald Ford did not sew up the GOP nomination against a challenge by Ronald Reagan in 1976 until the delegates actually voted at their August convention.
—Jerry Goldfeder, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
The Democrats’ surprisingly strong showing in those elections seemed to sew up the question of whether Biden would run again.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sew%20up. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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