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to have complete control over
  • sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf

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The first known use of sew up was in the 15th century

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“Sew up.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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