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Francesca Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Sewn

Hello everybody!

I have some problem to translate this verb that I found in a song by "The feeling"; this is a part of it:

Cos you've got my heart in a headlock
You stopped the blood and made my head soft
And God knows
You've got me sewn

My dictionary doesn't offer many meanings for the verb "to sew" and I really can't understand what You've got me sewn means. Does someone have some suggestions to give me or can help me saying it with other words?

Thank you in advance! Emotion: smile
  

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This isn't a direct meaning, it's poetical. I am bound or sewn in something, thus I can't move, can't do anything.

— Marius Hancu

  • This isn't a direct meaning, it's poetical.
  • I am bound or sewn in something, thus I can't move, can't do anything.
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This isn't a direct meaning, it's poetical.

I am bound or sewn in something, thus I can't move, can't do anything.
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Thank you Marius also for your explanation for "bound", it was another word that drives me crazy when I find it. Emotion: smile
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I wonder if "sewn" here is short for "sewn up"... The phrase "to sew something up" (informal) can mean to gain exclusive control over something. So "You've got me sewn" could mean "You've got complete control over me".
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AnnvanI wonder if "sewn" here is short for "sewn up"... The phrase "to sew something up" (informal) can mean to gain exclusive control over something. So "You've got me sewn" could mean "You've got complete control over me".
Sounds good.

And, yes, it's mentioned here:
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PHRASAL VERB:
sew up
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