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sew verb [ səʊ ]

• join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine.
• "she sewed the seams and hemmed the border"
Similar: stitch, machine stitch, embroider, seam, hem, tack, baste, attach, fasten, darn, mend, repair, patch, clout,
Opposite: unpick, remove, rip, tear,
Origin: Old English siwan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suere and Greek suein .

sew up

• bring something to a favourable conclusion.
"they had the match sewn up by half-time"



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