Thesaurus results for SEW UP

sew up

verb

Definition of sew up next

as in to consume

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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Recent Examples of sew up Given the fact that Sinners overperformed—scoring an unexpected nod for Delroy Lindo in best supporting actor—and One Battle After Another slightly underperformed, perhaps the best-picture race isn’t as sewn up as pundits had previously believed. —

Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026 Choose from solids or stripes in a palette of traditional colors, like dark red, navy, cream, and tan, each accented by a line of shiny gold buttons sewn up the front. —

Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025 Emeka Egbuka has Rookie of the Year just about sewn up already, but *looks around nervously* could … *leans in close to whisper* … could Baker Mayfield be a serious MVP candidate? —

J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Some people think the Best Actress award is all but sewn up for Buckley, but Best Actor could be the most competitive category on the ballot. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sew up

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Could the chicken from which the thigh and breast meat came, have consumed, weeks earlier, a toxic amount of psychedelics?

— Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Thankfully, cleaning a mattress isn't hard to do or very time consuming.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 16 May 2026