wedge up

verb

To fill or block up with wedges.

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Meanings

verbwedge up (third-person singular simple present wedges up, present participle wedging up, simple past and past participle wedged up)

present singular third person wedges up · participle present wedging up · participle past wedged up · past wedged up

  1. transitiveTo fill or block up with wedges.
  2. UKintransitiveslangTo barricade oneself in one's cell.

    They both wedged up in his cell and refused to come out. They were hurling abuse at the screws on the other side of the door. As a result they were both shipped out to another jail the following day.

    2000, Reginald Kray, A Way of Life
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APA

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MLA

“wedge up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedge%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wedge up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedge%20up.

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