locks up

third-person singular simple present indicative of lock up

lock up

1. (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
2. (transitive) To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way.
3. (intransitive) To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
4. (transitive) To lock (a door, window, etc.).
5. (intransitive) To cease responding.
6. (transitive) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
7. (intransitive) To stop moving; to seize.
8. (intransitive) To stop moving; to seize.
9. To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
10. (intransitive) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
11. (transitive) To invest in something long term.
12. (intransitive) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
13. (obsolete) To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick.
14. (slang, transitive) To assure success in or control of (something).

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