cork up
Example Sentences
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A good mixer and orator, he likes to "pull the cork up in their throats at least once."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Kwangtung supply line, which the Japanese last week tried to cork up, is no single bombable pathway like the Burma Road.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Put in clear water and plug or cork up the hole.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
"Oh, cork up that tuneless whistle," growled Minerva Powelton; "you make too much noise."
From The Adventures of a Freshman by Jesse Lynch Williams
I will take the cork out, light the phosphorus, and cork up the jar again.
From The Fairy-Land of Science by Arabella B. Buckley