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clog up

clog up verb: to block something completely and physically.

Verb

clog up (third-person singular simple present clogs up, present participle clogging up, simple past and past participle clogged up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To block something completely and physically.
    • The fat that I drained off the meat clogged up the drain.

Forms of clog up

third-person singular presentclogs up
present participleclogging up
past participleclogged up
pastclogged up

Questions about clog up

What does clog up mean?
Clog up means to block something completely and physically.
What part of speech is clog up?
Clog up is a verb.
What is the past tense of clog up?
The past tense of clog up is clogged up.

Words near clog up in the dictionary

  1. clog
  2. clog almanac
  3. clog almanacs
  4. clog dance
  5. clog dances
  6. clog up
  7. clog wog
  8. clog wogs
  9. clogdance
  10. clogestone
  11. cloggable

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