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Meanings of coop up in English

Confine in or as if in a coop.

Usage of coop up in English
1
You might as well coop up a lark in a hen-house and expect it to thrive and sing.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
2
By occupying all the posts of Egypt, we can coop up the French and force them to capitulate.
William Pitt and the Great War
3
After being cooped up for so long, it's good to be outside.
Practical Magic
4
Think of being cooped up in the city this time of year.
Stubble
5
I can't do it myself, cooped up miles away in the country.
Something New
6
We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible.
The Irish Times
7
Shops closed, the traffic halted, workers remained cooped up in steamy offices.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
8
It's too cooped up; you get a feeling of being a prisoner.
Their Pilgrimage
9
It's just that I am cooped up in that anteroom so much.
The kommandant's girl
10
He gave the impression of a prisoner cooped up in a cell.
The Human Factor
11
But it's the shining light on the hill for cooped up Victorians.
News.com.au
12
We remained cooped up eight days and nights with that curious crew.
Roughing It
13
He seemed nice, but she was tired of being cooped up inside.
Wings
14
I hate to be cooped up here as much as you do.
Tess of the Storm Country
15
The sun would do you good-being cooped up in here all winter.
Harvest Home
16
I can't endure the cold after being cooped up for so long.
Graustark
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