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lock up

verb

Meaning

  • To imprison or incarcerate someone

  • To invest in something long term

  • To close all doors and windows of a place securely

  • To cease responding, to freeze

  • To stop moving, to seize

  • To lose one's forward momentum, to freeze.

  • To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's tyres or tires to lock up (stop spinning).

Synonyms

freeze,
hang