"bung up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-bung up.ogg [Australia] Forms: bungs up [present, singular, third-person], bunging up [participle, present], bunged up [participle, past], bunged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bung up (third-person singular simple present bungs up, present participle bunging up, simple past and past participle bunged up)
  1. (British, New Zealand) To close an opening with a cork, cork like object or other improvised obstruction. Tags: British, New-Zealand
    Sense id: en-bung_up-en-verb-LRc7tQOI Categories (other): British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (obsolete, slang) To use up, as by bruising or overexertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-bung_up-en-verb-dQPhux~i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 41 59

Inflected forms

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