locked up

Definition von locked up im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Simple past tense and past participle of lock up
lock up: to invest in something long term
lock up: to imprison or incarcerate someone
lock up: to cease responding, to freeze
lock up: to close all doors and windows of a place securely
lock up: If you lock something up in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock. Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours Control of materials could be maintained by locking up bombs
lock up: When you lock up a building or car or lock up, you make sure that all the doors and windows are locked so that nobody can get in. Don't forget to lock up Leave your car here and lock it up
lock up: The point at which a car's tires start to skid
lock up: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"
lock up: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation
lock up: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
lock up: Disproportionate amount of droop that occurs during the first few hundred cc’s of flow
lock up: A sudden failure in the operation of a program or hard disk Lock ups (also called crashes) can result in the loss of any data entered prior to the last save, but a hard disk crash is much more serious, resulting in extensive loss of data and nearly always requiring reformatting of the disk The most effective way to guard against data loss from lock ups is to back up important files regularly Related terms: Crash, Data, Disk, File, Program, Reformatting, Disk crash
lock up: To lock someone up means to put them in prison or a secure psychiatric hospital. Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client
lock up: imprison, put in jail