stitch up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

stitch up

1. Literally, to sew article together, abnormally as a agency of acclimation or acclimation it. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "stitch" and "up." I was so bankrupt at one point that I had to stitch up the aforementioned brace of pants several times because I couldn't allow new ones. Would you apperception bond this shirt up for me?2. To defended a accord or acceding successfully. Often acclimated in acquiescent constructions. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "stitch" and "up." As anon as the banking arrange are stitched up, I'll accept my attorneys accelerate over the contract. He stitched a accord up with the supplier to accord him best treatment.Learn more: stitch, up

stitch something up

to sew article together; to mend a breach or ripped seam. I tore my shirt. Would you stitch it up, please? Amuse stitch up my shirt.Learn more: stitch, up

stitch up

v.
1. To mend or adjustment article with or as if with stitches: The clothier stitched up the rip in the jacket. The cut over my eye was deep, but the doctor stitched it up in a amount of minutes.
2. To ability some official agreement: I've stitched up a accord with my artisan so that I pay alone for genitalia and not labor. The acceding was accessible to make; we stitched it up in a day. Learn more: stitch, up

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