also: lockup and <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> + <span class="searchmatch">up</span> IPA(key): /ˌlɒk ˈʌp/ <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (third-person singular simple present locks <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">locking</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, simple past...
See also: lockup and <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> Deverbal from <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-ups) Alternative form of lockup. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications...
<span class="searchmatch">locked</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">locked</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (not comparable) (informal, idiomatic) Imprisoned, incarcerated. uplocked...
<span class="searchmatch">lock</span> someone <span class="searchmatch">up</span> and throw away the key (third-person singular simple present locks someone <span class="searchmatch">up</span> and throws away the key, present participle <span class="searchmatch">locking</span> someone...
<span class="searchmatch">locking</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> uplocking...
away, simple past and past participle locked away) (transitive) To <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>; to <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> in a safe place, out of view. to <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>; to <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> in a safe place...
See also: lockups <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-ups plural of <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> locks <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, uplocks...
locks <span class="searchmatch">up</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-ups, lockups, uplocks...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> and <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">lock</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> Deverbal from <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>. lockup (plural lockups) (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a...
<span class="searchmatch">lock</span> rim <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> ring-<span class="searchmatch">lock</span> safety <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> scalp <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> seat <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> side-<span class="searchmatch">lock</span> spring <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> stasis <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> stock <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> tick a <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> tidal <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> triple <span class="searchmatch">lock</span> triple-<span class="searchmatch">lock</span> under...