plug up
English
Verb
plug up (third-person singular simple present plugs up, present participle plugging up, simple past and past participle plugged up)
- (transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
- 2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2026:
- People often flush paper towels down toilets, plugging them up; […]
- (transitive) To reinforce something weak.
Translations
to put a plug into something