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plug up

plug up verb: to put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.

Verb

plug up (third-person singular simple present plugs up, present participle plugging up, simple past and past participle plugged up)

  1. (transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
    • People often flush paper towels down toilets, plugging them up; […]2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian
  2. (transitive) To reinforce something weak.

Forms of plug up

third-person singular presentplugs up
present participleplugging up
past participleplugged up
pastplugged up

Questions about plug up

What does plug up mean?
Plug up means to put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
What part of speech is plug up?
Plug up is a verb.
What is the past tense of plug up?
The past tense of plug up is plugged up.

Words near plug up in the dictionary

  1. plug rod
  2. plug rods
  3. plug tap
  4. plug taps
  5. plug the runner
  6. plug up
  7. plug valve
  8. plug valves
  9. plug walk
  10. plug-'n'-play
  11. plug-and-go

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