jam up
Example Sentences
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Also, millions will watch a 13-player jam-up on Sunday for the pure — U.S.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2017
Instead of sabotaging the oil lift by failing to boost production appreciably, Texas had done a "jam-up job," had helped make it "amazingly successful, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding."
From Time Magazine Archive
Retirement is still big business to the state, as can be seen in the rows of oldsters on green benches along St. Petersburg's streets and the jam-up at the post-office when social security checks arrive.
From Time Magazine Archive
For many companies, the jam-up has had an unnerving effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No, not an intimate, but he was in my class—and he's a whacking, jam-up, ace-high football player."
From The Chase of the Golden Plate by Futrelle, Jacques
