stitch up

To sew up a cut with a needle and thread at the hospital, to finish making a deal, or to trick someone unfairly.

"The doctor stitched up the cut on his forehead in the emergency room."

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IRL Chef Stream - Developing a New Fish Dish

Fallow · 84:23

stitch up.

Indiana Jones and the Objective Existence of God

Jacob Geller · 2:00

It does not make sense as something an archaeologist who’s seen Jesus stitch up

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