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sew sth up
BE SUCCESSFUL
2. [ usually passive ] informal If you have a competition or game sewn up, you are certain you can win it or get control of it
• The Democrats appear to have the election sewn up., sew sth up
REPAIR
1. [ M ] to close or repair something by sewing the edges together
• I've got to sew up that hole in your jeans.
• A nurse will come and sew up that wound for you soon.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb ADV. carefully, neatly The squares of fabric were all sewn neatly together. | on, together, up I sewed on three buttons. He sewed up the tear with needle and thread. PREP. onto He sewed the patch onto the back of his trousers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary