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blocks up

blocks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of block up.

Meaning of block up

Verb

block up (third-person singular simple present blocks up, present participle blocking up, simple past and past participle blocked up)

  1. (transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
  2. (intransitive) To be completely blocked or obstructed.
  3. (transitive) To raise on blocks.
    • In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s. The boys blocked up the front wheels, drained what petrol was left into a five-gallon can, took their frogs and went wearily home to the...1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

Questions about blocks up

What is blocks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blocks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of block up.

Words near blocks up in the dictionary

  1. blocks of chocolate
  2. blocks of flats
  3. blocks off
  4. blocks out
  5. blocks the box
  6. blocks up
  7. blockscape
  8. blockscapes
  9. blocksful
  10. blockship
  11. blockships

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