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Definition of lock up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

lock up

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

lock up

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lock somethingup

 
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 to make a building safe by locking the doors and windows Don't forget to lock up at night. He locked up the shop and went home.

lock somebodyup/away

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to put someone in prison related noun lockup

    lock somethingup/away

     
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  1. 1to put something in a safe place that can be locked
  2. 2to put money into an investment that you cannot easily turn into cash Their capital is all locked up in property.
See lock up in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary