clew up (English, verb)
expansion: clew up (third-person singular simple present clews up, present participle clewing up, simple past and past participle clewed up)
Senses:
glosses: To finish up or to tidy up, as in the tie up a sail on a sailing boat, the clew being a part of the structure holding the sail. Comes from the nautical term "clew".
tags: UK
informal
Forms:
form: clews up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clewing up
tags: participle
present
form: clewed up
tags: participle
past
form: clewed up
tags: past