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lock up
verb
- Alsolock inlock away tr to imprison or confine
- to lock or secure the doors, windows, etc, of (a building)
- tr to keep or store securely
secrets locked up in history
- tr to invest (funds) so that conversion into cash is difficult
- printing to secure (type, etc) in a chase or in the bed of the printing machine by tightening the quoins
noun
- the action or time of locking up
- a jail or block of cells
- a small shop with no attached quarters for the owner or shopkeeper
- a garage or storage place separate from the main premises
- stock exchange an investment that is intended to be held for a relatively long period
- printing the pages of type held in a chase by the positioning of quoins
adjective
- lock-up (of premises) without living accommodation
a lock-up shop
Example Sentences
Phones will not be allowed during lunch or breaks, and each campus will decide how the devices will be stored or locked up.
In “Boys,” Elwood and Turner are locked up in a reform school in 1960s Florida and become allies and friends quickly to survive.
The move, which defies a UN recommendation, means potentially locking up even more young people.
They are frustrated with the sense of disorder they see in brazen smash-and-grab robberies and stores locking up everyday goods because of retail theft.
And it hits a nerve in Los Angeles, where certain supermarket aisles are now locked up, shoplifting has increased and people openly use drugs.
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