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'lock up' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'lock up' with 6 example sentences.


lock up verb

: secure by locking

: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape


  • Everyone is locked up at home in self-isolation.
  • Did you lock up the house before we left?
  • Don't forget to lock up when you leave.
  • He locked up his jewels in the safe.
  • A great deal of energy is locked up in the nucleus.
  • She was locked up in a room.
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