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Lock up   /lɑk əp/   Listen
Lock up

verb
1.
Secure by locking.
2.
Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.  Synonyms: lock, lock away, lock in, put away, shut away, shut up.  "She locked her jewels in the safe"






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"Lock up" Quotes from Famous Books



... Figure of one of our English Kings without an Head; and upon giving us to know, that the Head, which was of beaten Silver, had been stolen away several Years since: Some Whig, Ill warrant you, says Sir ROGER; you ought to lock up your Kings better; they will carry off the Body too, if you don't ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

... with the alacrity of a young woman, and hurried to the door. "Follow my example," she said to her daughter, on her way out. "Lock up ...
— The Evil Genius • Wilkie Collins

... shall read down here a bit. I won't forget to turn out and lock up." He had forgotten one night and ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... long time; and von time my granfader come dare, and my moder bees sick in ze bed; ce not get vell vare my fader have strike her; and my granfader tell her dot ze man vot sit vay high in ze seat have said ze vord, dot my fader go vay off, and be lock up mit ze dark and mit ze chains on him, vile he live and vile he die. Zen my moder say ce vill go vare he be. My granfader lif her, and ce get up, and I come mit zem. And ven my moder come dare, ce go to ze man vot have said ze vord, ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various

... me," she demanded, "that after I called her on the telephone, Martha Black didn't come over, shut my windows, lock up my house, and feed the cat? ...
— The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale • Laura Lee Hope


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