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plug up

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

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