lock up
Verb
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Verb
lock up
- (transitive) to imprison or incarcerate someone
- (transitive) to invest in something long term
- (intransitive) to close all doors and windows of a place securely
- (intransitive, computing) to cease responding, to freeze
- (intransitive, mechanics) to stop moving, to seize
- To lose one's forward momentum, to freeze.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's tyres or tires to lock up (stop spinning).
- French: enfermer
- German: einschließen, einsperren, wegschließen
- Portuguese: prender
- Russian: запира́ть
- Spanish: encerrar
- French: verrouiller
- Russian: запира́ть
- Spanish: cerrar, trancar
- French: se bloquer
- German: sich aufhängen
- Portuguese: travar
- Russian: ви́снуть
- Spanish: colgarse, bloquearse, trancarse
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