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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Plug up

plug up & plugs up plugging up plugged up plugged up

1. plug... up p.v. When people or things block a narrow passage, such as a pipe, drain, or hole, so that nothing can flow through it, they plug it up.

Don't pour bacon grease in the sink; it'll plug up the drain.

I need to plug up the hole in the roof where the rain is leaking in.

plugged up part.adj. When a narrow passage, such as a pipe, drain, or hole, is completely blocked so that nothing can flow through it, it is plugged up.

Call the plumber; the sink's plugged up.

My nose is all plugged up, and I can't smell anything.