Synonyms for lock up
lock up

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1. lock upverb

   secure by locking

   "lock up the house before you go on vacation"

   Synonyms:
   shut up, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock in

2. lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock upverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, lag, discard, seal in, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, button up, interlace, lock, hush up, cast away, remand, still, shut up, cast aside, put behind bars, close up, dispose, clam up, imprison, put aside, shut away, belt up, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, be quiet, mesh, quieten, gaol, fling, dummy up, silence, lock in, keep mum, lock away, operate, tuck in, hush, interlock, put away, engage, incarcerate

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1. lock up

   Synonyms:
   clasp, fasten, lock, close fast

2. lock up

   Synonyms:
   confine, shut up

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How to use lock up in a sentence?

1. Lee Hsien Loong:

   We have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists. If you don't do that, the country would be in ruins.

2. Minal Hasan:

   Today's earnings also bode well for existing investors that are still in their lock up period.

3. Richard Donnell:

   If you lock up the vast majority of the population for months, they [ rapidly reassess ] what they want from their homes.

4. Benjamin Lessing:

   As Benjamin Lessing start to lock up more and more people, Benjamin Lessing're really giving fuel to the fire. Benjamin Lessing're putting more people in the hands of these prison gangs, giving them more power to recruit.

5. Bill Bennett:

   We've forgotten all the first lessons, the cops are there to protect the innocent and lock up the bad. Schools are there to teach reading, writing, counting, thinking and the reliable standards of right and wrong — not a lot of the other nonsense that we're doing.