wall up

• Verbe à particule désignant l'action de sceller ou de bloquer une ouverture avec un mur ou une barrière, souvent de manière permanente.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Block with a wallformal

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

   murrer

   • 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.

   Synonymesblock upbrick upclose upsealwall in

   Antonymesopen

2. Confine or imprisoninformal

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

   emmurer

   • 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.

   Synonymesbox incageconfinecoop upenclosehedge inimmureimprisonshut inwall in

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