wall up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по запечатыванию или блокированию проема стеной или барьером, часто навсегда.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of sealing or blocking an opening with a wall or barrier, often permanently.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Block with a wallformal

   To close or seal an opening, such as a door or window, by building a wall across it.

   Замуровать

   • They decided to wall up the old fireplace.
   • The entrance was walled up to prevent access.
   • The builders walled up the window to create more privacy.

   Synonymsblock upbrick upclose upsealwall in

   Antonymsopen

2. Confine or imprisoninformal

   To enclose or trap someone or something within walls, often used figuratively.

   Заточить

   • He felt walled up in his small apartment during the lockdown.
   • The prisoner was walled up in a tiny cell for years.
   • She walled up her emotions after the breakup.

   Synonymsbox incageconfinecoop upenclosehedge inimmureimprisonshut inwall in

Base verbwall