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Meanings of lock up in English

Spanish
encerrar

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.

      encerrar

      Putting someone in prison or in jail.

            Usage of lock up in English
            1
            You would lock up the air and sell it in gasping breaths.
            Waysiders, Stories of Connacht
            2
            It's almost seven o'clock, and I need to lock up the building.
            The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
            3
            The individual may lock up his funds, but the nation does not.
            Landholding in England
            4
            On the whole, I judged it best to lock up my things.
            Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
            5
            Let's lock up and have evidence collection sweep it in the morning.
            Frozen Heat
            6
            He proposed to lock up his prisoner at Moongarr for the night.
            Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
            7
            Your wife asked us to lock up and leave by the gate.
            Fortunate harbor
            8
            These Wardlaw sat down to write himself, and lock up the copies.
            Foul Play
            9
            A simple psychotic troublemaker a commander can lock up and forget about.
            The Forever War
            10
            We finished, I to pocket, the Prince to lock up, the papers.
            Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
            11
            I'd lock up every thing I used, as well as the rooms.
            Put Yourself in His Place
            12
            He will turn off the lights and lock up for the group.
            Dolly departed
            13
            And if you do go home, don't lock up the drinks cabinet.
            Reuters
            14
            But I will dodge Worthington's spies and then lock up my heart.
            The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
            15
            And, of course, I didn't forget to lock up the chest again.
            The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
            16
            You can lock up a person but you cannot encage their ideas.
            The Guardian
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            Translations for lock up
            Spanish
            encerrar
            Lock up through the time
            Lock up across language varieties
            Australia
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Common
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