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Synonyms for dam up
dam up
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Princeton's WordNet
dam, dam upverb
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
"dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
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How to use dam up in a sentence?
Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of water, and make it a stagnant marsh, or you may let it run free and do its work; but you cannot say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it will act, if not openly for good, then covertly for evil; but it will act.
Mayor Adams, you say that gun violence is a sea fed by many rivers, well, I put forward a plan to dam up some of those streams. You can count on me to be a partner in that effort.
Translations for dam up
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- embalsarSpanish
- arginareItalian
- represarPortuguese
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