Translations for „gum up“ in the English » German Dictionary

gum up VB trans

to gum up ⇆ sth

etw verkleben

Phrases:

to gum up the works (stop operation)

[den Ablauf] blockieren

to gum up the works (interfere)

alles vermasseln

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to gum up the works (stop operation)

[den Ablauf] blockieren

to be up a gum tree Brit dated inf

in der Patsche sitzen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This can gum up your disposer and clog your pipes.

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With the noblest of motives, but ignoring the law of unintended consequences, their interventions often do little good yet manage to gum up the works.

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A neglected minority will gum up the works.

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Transaction taxes like stamp duty on shares and property depress values, gum up markets and cause distributional frictions.

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A decision by the commission can also be appealed to further gum up the release process.

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That approach can be taxing on network resources, which could gum up operations in other ways.

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Some of these same voices do their best to gum up the works.

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Those problems, they said, can gum up electronics and then disappear.

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No doubt he saw the amendment as a tool to gum up the bill, before and after passage.

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Tar in the wood gas stream is considered a dirty gas and tar will gum up a motor quickly, possibly leading to stuck valves, and rings.

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