jam up

Frequency: 6.06.8 per million words

to cause something to become blocked or to become blocked

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Examples (10)

  • The traffic will just jam up our village.
  • The printer tends to jam up if you don't load the paper correctly.
  • Too many applications running at once can jam up your computer's memory.
  • The narrow streets quickly jam up during rush hour.
  • A fallen tree branch can jam up the gears of the old machinery.
  • He was worried that the sudden influx of orders would jam up their production line.
  • Make sure not to overfill the shredder, or it will jam up.
  • The old pipe has started to jam up with rust and debris.
  • If everyone tries to exit at once, it will jam up the doorway.
  • The bad weather caused several flights to jam up the airport schedule.