"knit up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knits up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitting up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitted up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitted up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "knit up (third-person singular simple present knits up, present participle knitting up, simple past and past participle knitted up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Omi Hatashin, Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-1972, page 61",
          "text": "To mend a sandal, I removed the damaged parts, and knitted up the rest with the metal tracing spatula.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close up or draw together by knitting."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit_up-en-verb-O2FBY4So",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To close up or draw together by knitting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knit up"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knits up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitting up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitted up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knitted up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "knit up (third-person singular simple present knits up, present participle knitting up, simple past and past participle knitted up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Omi Hatashin, Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-1972, page 61",
          "text": "To mend a sandal, I removed the damaged parts, and knitted up the rest with the metal tracing spatula.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close up or draw together by knitting."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To close up or draw together by knitting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knit up"
}