block up

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Related to block up: fill up, get behind, allow for, seek out, sort out

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block up - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

barricade, block, block off, blockade, bar, stop

obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"

block off, close off, shut off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"

close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"

obstruct, block - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"

Translations

ostruire

заставлять

w>block up

vt sep

(= obstruct) gangway → blockieren, versperren; pipe → verstopfen; my nose is or I’m all blocked up → meine Nase ist völlig verstopft

(= close, fill in) window, entrance → zumauern; hole → zustopfen

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