- block someone up
- block someone up†to constipate someone. •
That food always blocks me up.
•He blocked himself up by eating something he shouldn't.
•That vile stuff would block up anybody!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
block someone up
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block — block1 [ blak ] noun count *** ▸ 1 piece of wood/stone etc. ▸ 2 distance along street ▸ 3 amount/quantity of something ▸ 4 period of time ▸ 5 (large) building ▸ 6 at start of race ▸ 7 something that stops movement ▸ 8 something that stops action… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
block — I UK [blɒk] / US [blɑk] noun [countable] Word forms block : singular block plural blocks *** 1) a) a large building with a lot of different levels There s a flat available in the block where I live. an apartment/office/high rise block block of… … English dictionary
block — [[t]blɒ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ blocks, blocking, blocked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them. ...blocks of council flats. ...a white painted apartment block. 2) N COUNT A block in a town is an… … English dictionary
block — ► NOUN 1) a large solid piece of material with flat surfaces on each side. 2) chiefly Brit. a large single building subdivided into separate flats or offices. 3) a group of buildings bounded by four streets. 4) a large quantity of things regarded … English terms dictionary
block — [bläk] n. [ME blokke < OFr bloc & MDu block < IE * bhlugo < base * bhel , a thick plank, beam > BALK, Gr phalanx, L fulcrum] 1. any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces 2. a blocklike stand or platform … English World dictionary
block release — ˌblock reˈlease Chris had said to make this a Subentry at release but it doesn t fit there. Needs to be a HWD, like day release . EM noun [uncountable] an arrangement in which someone can take time off from their work to study at a college, and… … Financial and business terms
block vote — noun count a vote by someone who is representing a group of people in an organization … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
block — block1 W2S2 [blɔk US bla:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(solid material)¦ 2¦(streets/area)¦ 3¦(large building)¦ 4¦(quantity of things)¦ 5 block booking/voting 6¦(inability to think)¦ 7¦(stopping movement)¦ 8¦(punishment)¦ 9 put your he … Dictionary of contemporary English
block — 1 noun (C) 1 SOLID MASS a solid mass of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides (+ of): a block of ice 2 STREET/STREETS a) AmE the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next: It s three blocks to the … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
block — /blɒk / (say blok) noun 1. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane or approximately plane faces. 2. a child s building brick. 3. a mould or piece on which something is shaped or kept in shape, as a hat block. 4. one of… …
block*/*/ — [blɒk] noun [C] I 1) a large building with a lot of different levels an apartment/office block[/ex] The whole block of flats was destroyed.[/ex] 2) a solid piece of wood, stone, ice etc with straight sides a block of marble[/ex] 3) an amount of… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
