knit up

English

Verb

knit up (third-person singular simple present knits up, present participle knitting up, simple past and past participle knitted up)

  1. (transitive) To close up or draw together by knitting.
    • 2009, Omi Hatashin, Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-1972, page 61:
      To mend a sandal, I removed the damaged parts, and knitted up the rest with the metal tracing spatula.
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