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    gum up

    US /ɡʌm ʌp/

    ・

    UK /ɡʌm ʌp/

    B2
    phr.v.To cause a machine or process to stop by clogging or jamming.
    The machine gummed up because of dirt and dust.

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    How Humphrey Bogart Became A Legend

    08:20How Humphrey Bogart Became A Legend
    • Now the only chance I've got of catching them and tying them up and bringing them in is by staying as far away as possible from you and the police because you're the only gum up the works.

      Now the only chance I've got of catching them and tying them up and bringing them in is by staying as far away as possible from you and the police because you're the only gum up the works.

    • The only chance I've got of catching them and tying them up and bringing them in is by staying as far away as possible from you and the police, because you'd only gum up the works.

      The only chance I've got of catching them and tying them up and bringing them in is by staying as far away as possible from you and the police, because you'd only gum up the works.

    B1

    Examining the Supreme Court Decision to Support Birthright Citizenship

    07:47Examining the Supreme Court Decision to Support Birthright Citizenship
    • I think they will try to say, "No, we're not going to process those applications," or, "We will refuse them." And I think they will they will try to do things like that to try to gum up the work, basically saying, "We're not going we're going to make it as hard as possible to reward this situation of someone being born here and being given all of the categories of citizenship." But at the end, citizenship is citizenship, and

      I think they will try to say, "No, we're not going to process those applications," or, "We will refuse them." And I think they will they will try to do things like that to try to gum up the work, basically saying, "We're not going we're going to make it as hard as possible to reward this situation of someone being born here and being given all of the categories of citizenship." But at the end, citizenship is citizenship, and

    B1