Definition of lock up
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Verb
to lock up (third-person singular simple present locks up, present participle locking up, simple past and past participle locked 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
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