sew (someone or something) up

1. To close an open wound in a person with stitches. We have to sew him up quickly after we're done repairing the bone. It turns out the doctors left a sponge inside my abdomen before sewing me back up.

2. To close one or multiple openings in something by sewing, especially in an attempt to repair or mend it. I had to use fishing line to sew up the hole in the sail. Would you mind sewing these pants up for me?

3. To successfully conclude or settle some dealing, activity, or endeavor. I was finally able to sew the contract up with the other firm. She seems to have sewn up a victory in the last days of the election.

4. To gain and maintain total control over something. There have been a few rival companies, but most would agree that they've sewn up the market at this point.

sew up a/the deal

To successfully conclude or settle some agreement or negotiation. I was finally able to sew up the deal with the other firm. Good luck sewing up a deal here—the owner can't stand you.

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They have no one to support them so I mobilised the district council and allocated Rs11 million for sewing and other machines to support them,' she added.

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Muscat, Aug 23 (ONA) Omani hand-sewn Kuma "Cap," locally called by some as "Taqya" or "Kufya" is highly wanted by the citizens whether the ready-made or the customized, to be a distinguishing feature in the Omani traditional costume for the precision and skill in its sewing that give aesthetic touches than machine-sewn ones.

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