lock up

• Verbo frasal que significa encerrar algo con llave o confinar a alguien en prisión.

A phrasal verb meaning to secure something by locking it, or to imprison someone.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Secure with a lockformal

   To fasten or secure something (like a door, window, or container) with a lock.

   Cerrar con llave

   • Please lock up the house before you leave.
   • He locked up the safe with all the documents inside.
   • She locked up her bicycle to the rack.

   Sinónimosboltfastenlatchlockpadlocksecure

   Antónimosunlock

2. Imprisoninformal

   To put someone in a prison or a locked room.

   Encerrar

   • The police locked up the suspect after the arrest.
   • He was locked up for ten years for his crime.
   • They locked up the thief in a cell.

   Sinónimoscageconfinedetainimprisonincarcerateinternjailput away

   Antónimosfreerelease

3. Secure or finalizeinformal

   To make something certain or final, often in a business or competitive context.

   Asegurar o cerrar definitivamente

   • The team locked up the championship with a final win.
   • We need to lock up the deal before the deadline.
   • She locked up the contract with a handshake.

   Sinónimoscementclinchcloseconcludenail downsealsecure

Verbo baselock