block up
Verb
Meaning
render unsuitable for passage
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block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road
After examining the remaining trunk organs, he nodded to Sheila, who moved the body block up a few inches toward the back of the neck.
This would really be none of my business (unless there is an old person, and then they get dibs, period.) But the people block up the entire lane while they hash it out.
Nancy Silverton threw a grand opening for the new La Brea Bakery Cafe on Thursday, just about a block up the street from the spot where she founded La Brea Bakery 25 years ago.