lock up
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way.
- To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
- To lock (a door, window, etc.).
- To cease responding.
- To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
- To stop moving; to seize.
- To stop moving; to seize: To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
- To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
- To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
- To invest in something long term.
- To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
- To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick.
- To assure success in or control of (something).
Noun
- Alternative form of lockup.
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