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"plug up" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to mean to fill or block a hole or space to prevent the passage of something (like a liquid, gas, or sound). For example, "He used silicone caulk to plug up the gap in the window frame."
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plug up
verb
To put a plug or bung into something to prevent leakage.
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Will ice plug up the pipe?
I used food to plug up my feelings.
But you cannot plug up the jar and still live.
My theory is that, if you artificially plug up one opening, another might pop through".
Aspiring authors, tie yourselves to the mast and plug up those ears!
"We'll plug up any drains in the roof and use a hose to flood the area.
Want less and you will not suffer: plug up the leaky jar.
Chewing gum and even Gummi Bears are often banned, too, because they can be used to plug up locks.
And once you have tapped your tree, plug up the hole otherwise you have left it open for infection.
It wasn't really released: it was just dropped into a Broadway theatre for a week, to plug up a hole before "Outland" arrived).
Chemicals added to the water dissolve minerals, kill bacteria that might plug up the well, and insert sand to prop open the fractures.
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