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Similar words: sop up · step up · top up · scoop up · stock up · stoke up · stop out · stump up · swoop up · chop up
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stop up

1 (v + adv) informal stay up late INTRANSITIVEfan i do shuí  c m uthey stopped up all night d'fhan siad ina suí ar feadh na hoíche, bhí siad ina suí go maidin 2 (v + adv) (especially US) MED constipate TRANSITIVEna putóga a cheangal arthose pills can really stop you up féadann na piollaí sin na putóga a cheangal i gceart ort → see stop

stop

verb

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • butter »
    stop buttering me up! stad den bhéal bán!, stop an bladar!, caith uait an plámás!
  • fill-up »
    we stopped for a fill-up stadamar chun an t-umar a líonadh
  • fuel »
    I stopped to fuel up stop mé chun breosla a fháil
  • protuberance »
    the protuberance on the tree stopped them climbing up bhí meall ar an gcrann a chuir cosc orthu dreapadh suas
  • temper tantrum »
    her temper tantrums stopped as she grew up stad na taghdanna feirge a thagadh uirthi nuair a tháinig sí i méadaíocht
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