book up

book up

To reserve all available spots or options. A noun or pronoun can be used between "book" and "up." Well, that hotel is all booked up, so we'll have to look for a room somewhere else. If all of today's slots are booked up, you'll have to come back and meet with me tomorrow. Do you really expect me to believe that every single one of your rental cars is booked up for this weekend?

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book something up

to reserve all the available places. The travel agency booked all the good seats up. Who booked up all these seats?

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

book up

v.

To reserve all the available places or times, such as seats, rooms, or appointment hours, from something or someone: We couldn't get a place to sit because someone had booked up the entire restaurant. There are only two small hotels on the island, and their regular customers book them up a year in advance. You'll never get an appointment; the doctor is booked up through the next month.

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