block up(v = verb.contact) bar, barricade, block, block off, blockade, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
is one way to block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

VB  hinder, impede, filibuster, impedite, embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off, obviate, avert, antevert, turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud, retard, slacken, check, let, counteract, countercheck, preclude, debar, foreclose, estop, inhibit, shackle, restrict, obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock, block, block up, choke off, belay, barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way, forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to, traverse, contravene, interrupt, intercept, oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude, interpose, interfere, intermeddle, cramp, hamper, clog, clog the wheels, cumber, encumber, incumber, handicap, choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay, lumber, trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience, incommode, discommode, discompose, hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon, thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil, faze, feaze, feeze, baffle, snub, override, circumvent, defeat, spike guns, spoil, mar, clip the wings of, cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp, dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck.

VB  close, occlude, plug, block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up, blockade, obstruct, bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb, choke, throttle, ram down, dam, cram, trap, clinch, put to the door, shut the door.

act up, add up, ante up, atrioventricular block, auction block, back up, backed up, bad block, ball up, balled up, bang up, bear up, beat up, beef up, beefed up, belgian block, belly up, belt up, bind up, blaze up, block, block anaesthesia, block and tackle, block anesthesia, block book, block capital, block chain, block diagram, block grant, block letter, block of metal, block off, block out, block plane, block signal, block system, block tin, block vote, blow up, blowing up, blown up, board up, bob up, bollix up, bollixed up, bollocks up, bolster up, bomb up, bone up, book up, boost up, botch up, bottle up, bound up, box up, brace up, break up, breeze block, brick up, bridle up, bring up, bringing up, brisk up, bristle up, brush up, bubble up, buck up, bucked up, build up, building block, bullock block, bump up, bunch up, bundle up, buoy up, burn up, bust up, butcher block, butter up, button up, buy up, call up, carve up, cast up, catch up, catch up with, caudal block, caught up, caught up in, cautionary block, chain up, chalk up, charge up, chat up, check up on, cheer up, chew up, chin up, chip off the old block, chirk up, chock up, choke up, choose up, chop up, chopping block, chuck up the sponge, chum up, churn up, cinder block, city block, clam up, clap up, clean up, clear up, climb up, clinker block, clock up, clog up, close up, cloud up, clouding up, clutter up, cobble up, cock up, come up, come up against, come up to, conjure up, cook up, coop up, cork up, cotton up, cough up, coughing up, couple up, cover up, cozy up, crack up, crank up, crap up, creep up, crock up, crop up, curl up, curled up, cut up, cylinder block, dam up, damper block, deck up, dig up, digging up, dish up, divided up, divvy up, do up, doctor up, doll up, dolled up, done up, dope up, double up, drag up, draw up, dream up, dredge up, dress up, dried up, drink up, drive up, drive up the wall, drum up, dry up, drying up, dummy up, earth up, ease up, eat up, edge up, end up, engine block, even up, face up, face up to, faggot up, fake up, fancied up, fancy up, fatten up, fed up, felt up, fess up, fetch up, fig up, fill up, finish up, fire up, firm up, fix up, flame up, flare up, fluff up, fog up, fold up, follow up, follow up on, foot up, fork up, fort up, foul up, frame up, freshen up, fuck up, furbish up, gang up, gang up on, gas up, gather up, gear up, get up, ginger up, give up, giving up, glam up, go up, go up in smoke, gobble up, grow up, grown up, grub up, gum up, gummed up, gussied up, gussy up, ham it up, hang up, hard up, hash up, haul up, head up, heap up, heart block, heat up, heated up, heave up, heft up, held up, het up, high up, higher up, hike up, hit it up, hit up, hitch up, hive up, hoke up, hold up, hole up, hook up, hook up with, hop up, hopped up, hot up, hung up, hurry up, hush up, hype up, ice up, jack up, jazz up, jolly up, juice up, jump up, jumping up and down, keep up, kept up, key up, keyed up, kick up, kink up, kit up, knock up, lace up, laid up, land up, lap up, laugh it up, lay up, lead up, let up, lift up, light up, lighten up, limber up, line block, line up, lined up, link up, live it up, live up to, liven up, load up, lock up, log up, look up, look up to, looking up, loosen up, louse up, made up, make up, make up one's mind, make up to, mark up, mat up, matte up, measure up, measure up to, measuring block, meet up with, mental block, mess up, messed up, mix up, mixed up, mock up, mop up, mount up, mount up to, move up, muck up, mucked up, muddy up, muffle up, mug up, muster up, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, offer up, office block, open up, own up, pal up, paracervical block, pass up, patch up, pay up, pen up, pent up, pep up, perk up, perked up, pick up, pick up the gauntlet, pile up, pillow block, pin up, pipe up, play up, play up to, plumber block, plump up, point up, polish up, pony up, pop up, pound up, prang up, pretty up, prick up, prim up, prop up, propping up, psych up, psyched up, psychological block, pudendal block, puff up, puffed up, pull up, pull up short, pull up stakes, pumped up, push up, put up, put up job, put up to, put up with, queue up, rachet up, rack up, raise up, rake up, ramp up, rev up, rig up, ring up, rip up, rise up, roll up, rope up, rough up, round up, rout up, rub up, ruck up, ruffle up, run up, runner up, sack up, saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia, save up, saved up, scale up, scare up, scoop up, scrape up, scratch up, screw up, scribbling block, scribing block, scrub up, scrunch up, seal up, sell up, serve up, set up, sew up, sex up, shack up, shake up, shape up, shine up, shine up to, shoot up, shore up, shoring up, show up, shown up, shrivel up, shut up, sidle up, sign up, silt up, sit up, size up, sketch block, slack up, slice up, slick up, slicked up, slip up, slow up, slurp up, smarten up, smash up, smell up, snap up, snarl up, snatch block, snatch up, sneak up, soak up, soaking up, soar up, sober up, soften up, sop up, soup up, speak up, speak up for, spear up, speed up, speeded up, spice up, spiff up, spiffed up, spirit up, spit up, split up, sponge up, spring up, spruce up, spruced up, square block, square up, stack up, stand up, stand up for, stand up to, start up, starting block, stay up, steam up, steamed up, step up, stick up, stick up for, stink up, stir up, stirred up, stop up, stopped up, stored up, straighten up, strike up, string up, stuck up, stumbling block, suck up, suck up to, sum up, summing up, summon up, sunny-side up, swage block, swallow up, sweep up, swell up, swept up, swoop up, swot up, take up, take up arms, take up with, taken up, tart up, team up, tear up, tee up, tense up, think up, throw up, tidy up, tie up, tied up, tier up, tighten up, tog up, togged up, tone up, toss up, tot up, tote up, touch up, touch up paint, tower block, trap block, trice up, trick up, trip up, true up, trump up, trumped up, tune up, turn up, turn up the heat, turn up the pressure, turned up, tying up, up, up and down, up country, up here, up in arms, up in the air, up on, up quark, up the stairs, up to, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to my neck, up to now, up to our necks, up to their necks, up to your neck, use up, used up, using up, vamp up, vomit up, wake up, waking up, wall up, warm up, wash up, washed up, well up, whip up, whomp up, whoop it up, wind up, wipe up, wise up, wood block, work up, worked up, wound up, wrack up, wrap up, wrapped up, wrapped up in, write up, writer's block, wrought up, yield up, zip up