coop up

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, jemanden oder etwas in einen engen, geschlossenen Raum einzusperren oder dort festzuhalten; auch: jemanden räumlich einengen oder isolieren.

A phrasal verb meaning to confine or restrict someone or something in a small, enclosed space.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Confine or restrictinformal

   To keep someone or something in a small, enclosed space, often against their will.

   Einsperren

   • The children were cooped up inside all day because of the rain.
   • They cooped the chickens up in a small pen.
   • I feel cooped up in this tiny apartment.

   Synonymecageconfineencloseimprisonincarcerateinternlock upshut intrap

   Antonymefreeliberaterelease