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plugs up

plugs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plug up.

Meaning of plug up

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.

Questions about plugs up

What is plugs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plugs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plug up.

Words near plugs up in the dictionary

  1. plugs and plays
  2. plugs away
  3. plugs in
  4. plugs into
  5. plugs out
  6. plugs up
  7. pluguglies
  8. plugugly
  9. plugworthy
  10. pluh
  11. plum

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