block up

/blɑk əp/
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Other forms: blocked up; blocking up; blocks up

Definitions of block up
  1. verb
    render unsuitable for passage
    synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, blockade, stop
    block, obstruct
    shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
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    types:
    block off, close off, shut off
    block off the passage through
    close
    bar access to
    type of:
    block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
    block passage through
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