New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: ball up · call up · walk up · well up · balls up · swell up · tally up · doll up · fill up · haul up

wall up

1 (v + adv) block space TRANSITIVEblocáil suas c m u 2 (v + adv) brick up door, window TRANSITIVEdún le brícídruid le brící 3 (v + adv) imprison sb TRANSITIVEcoinnigh i ngéibheann c m ucoinnigh faoi ghlasshe was walled up in the tower coinníodh i ngéibheann sa túr í → see wall

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brick »

to come up against a brick wall (also to run up against a brick wall, to hit a brick wall)we suddenly came up against a brick wall go tobann bhí fál go haer romhainn
cover up »

they covered up the cracks in the wall chlúdaigh siad na scoilteanna sa bhalla, líon siad na scoilteanna sa bhalla
drive »

to drive sb up the wall informal duine a chur le báiní, duine a chur soir, duine a chur ar mire glan
heap »

the soil was heaped up behind the wall bhí an chré carntha taobh thiar den bhalla
heave »

she heaved herself up on the wall tharraing sí í féin suas ar an mballa
line up »

we were forced to line up against a wall b'éigean dúinn seasamh i líne in aghaidh an bhalla, cuireadh inár seasamh in aghaidh an bhalla muid i líne
piled »

they're piled up against the wall tá siad carntha in aghaidh an bhalla, tá siad ina gcarn leis an mballa
pull »

he gave me a pull up onto the wall tharraing sé suas ar an mballa mé
squeeze up »

we were squeezed up against the wall bhíomar brúite in éadan an bhalla
wall »

to drive sb up the wall informalit drives me up the wall cuireann sé soir mé, cuireann sé ar strae sa chloigeann mé, cuireann sé saighleam orm
wall »

to go up the wall (also to go up the walls) informalhe went up the wall chuaigh sé le báiní, tháinig an ghoimh dhearg air, chuaigh sé ar an daoraí, tháinig cuthach feirge air
wall »

to have sb up against the wall duine a chur le balla, duine a chur suas in éadan an bhalla
wall »

we've come up against a wall of silence níl á fháil againn ach dúthost
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he came up against a wall of prejudice bhí daoine claonta go docht ina choinne

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