"sew up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sews up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewn up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sewn up"
      },
      "expansion": "sew up (third-person singular simple present sews up, present participle sewing up, simple past sewed up, past participle sewn up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sewing",
          "orig": "en:Sewing",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seal by sewing."
      ],
      "id": "en-sew_up-en-verb-UUhp-LMc",
      "links": [
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To seal by sewing."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "word": "sewed up"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "word": "sew-ups"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 17, Lauren Silva Laughlin, “In Battle Over Texas Utility, Elliott Is Grasping at Straws”, in New York Times, retrieved 2018-08-25:",
          "text": "Threatening to veto the Berkshire offer suggests the fund doesn't have the financing sewn up and is stalling for time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns."
      ],
      "id": "en-sew_up-en-verb-O1cOGhGv",
      "links": [
        [
          "conclusion",
          "conclusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sew up"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Sewing"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sews up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sewn up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sewn up"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sewed up"
    },
    {
      "word": "sew-ups"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seal by sewing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To seal by sewing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 17, Lauren Silva Laughlin, “In Battle Over Texas Utility, Elliott Is Grasping at Straws”, in New York Times, retrieved 2018-08-25:",
          "text": "Threatening to veto the Berkshire offer suggests the fund doesn't have the financing sewn up and is stalling for time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conclusion",
          "conclusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sew up"
}