sewn-up

If he survives the ordeal, the performance artist who has previously spent a fortnight sewn-up inside a stuffed bear, will attempt to become a human hen and hatch a dozen eggs by sitting on them for weeks on end.

Welbeck left the field after scoring his first double for the club and with the result sewn-up.

Even though “Why Him?” has a fairly neatly sewn-up ending, both actors seem amenable to the idea of a sequel.

He showed me a sewn-up hole on his New Balance cross-trainer, which he didn’t want to abandon—it was a really good sneaker, he said.

Just days before voting in 1992, Labour thought it had things sewn-up - leading to a spectacular piece of hubris from a party leader.