stop up
phrasal verb
stopped up; stopping up; stops up
British, informal
: to stay up at night
She stopped up late last night.
Examples of stop up in a Sentence
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Between the jet lag and the terrible English food, everyone is stopped up.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
But experts told me that temporarily stopping up the fallopian tubes is simply harder.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
In case of any errors during setup, make sure your kit comes with plugsto stop up holes made by mistake.
—Laura Duerr, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
The 1-Up rack can accommodate many wheel sizes by moving the wheel stop up or down the arms.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Her life would be stopped up, as if a blood clot had blocked the passage of blood from her heart to her body.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Driscoll had boarded at Wonderland, four stops up the line, a few minutes earlier, following a roughly 20 minute drive from her Salem home.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
In the fourth inning, shortstop Javier Báez took a hit away from Vazquez with a diving stop up the middle.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
But experts told me that temporarily stopping up the fallopian tubes is simply harder.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
In case of any errors during setup, make sure your kit comes with plugsto stop up holes made by mistake.
—Laura Duerr, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
The 1-Up rack can accommodate many wheel sizes by moving the wheel stop up or down the arms.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Her life would be stopped up, as if a blood clot had blocked the passage of blood from her heart to her body.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Driscoll had boarded at Wonderland, four stops up the line, a few minutes earlier, following a roughly 20 minute drive from her Salem home.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
In the fourth inning, shortstop Javier Báez took a hit away from Vazquez with a diving stop up the middle.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
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“Stop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20up. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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