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Dam up   /dæm əp/   Listen
Dam up

verb
1.
Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam.  Synonym: dam.






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"Dam up" Quotes from Famous Books



... England may as well dam up the wafers of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Arbitrary principles, ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick

... other people's toes), "but, on broad lines, I hereby record my conviction that the son of you two and the grandson of Sir Lakshman Singh can be trusted to go far—to keep his head as well as his feet, even in slippery places. He is eager for knowledge, for work along his own lines. If you dam up this strong current, it may find other outlets, possibly less desirable. I came on a jewel the other day. As it's distinctly applicable, I ...
— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver



Words linked to "Dam up" :   close up, jam, dam, occlude, obstruct, obturate, impede, block



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