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CORK UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cork up mean?
• CORK UP (verb)
The verb CORK UP has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CORK UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Close a bottle with a cork
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cork; cork up
Hypernyms (to "cork up" is one way to...):
plug; secure; stop up (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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