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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wedge up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fill or block up with wedges.
  2. (UK, intransitive, slang) To barricade oneself in one's cell.
    • They both wedged up in his cell and refused to come out. They were hurling abuse at the screws on the other side of the door. As a result they were both shipped out to another jail the following day. 2000, Reginald Kray, A Way of Life:

Forms

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wedged up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wedged up Tense=Past lexicographic
wedging up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wedges up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic