OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 36737

lock up

/ˌlɒk ˈʌp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
encerrar • enllavar
To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
In 1970, a new era of "getting tough" on young offenders really began to gather momentum with the incoming Conservative government. The number of juveniles locked up each year incr…
guardar bajo llavín • guardar enllavado • guardar llaveado • guardar llavido
To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way.
Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!
Please lock up all valuables in the safe before leaving.
cerrar • trancar
To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
bloquearse • colgarse • frisarse • trabarse • trancarse
To cease responding.
When I press this button, the program locks up.
inmovilizar • trabar • trancar
To stop moving; to seize.
Due to the engines-out condition, the landing was conducted without the brake antiskid and normal breaking^([sic]) systems. Because the emergency brake accumulator only provides fo…
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