lock up in English

noun
1
a jail, especially a temporary one.
2
the locking up of premises for the night.
3
the action of becoming fixed or immovable.
anti-lock braking helps prevent wheel lockup
4
an investment in assets that cannot readily be realized or sold in the short term.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "lock up" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "lock up", or refer to the context using the word "lock up" in the English Dictionary.

1. Forget to lock up.

2. Lock up on your way out.

3. Or I could just throw him in the lock-up.

4. 26 Lock up any valuables. Things tend to walk here .

5. Careful me to you to lock up is car park.

6. The lock-up garage provides a secure home for your car.

7. They had taken their instruments with them to the lock-up.

8. I just wanted to tell you, it's your turn to lock up.

9. COVID-19 Compels America to rethink who we lock up in prison Dr

10. 11 Take away that shining bauble there,(www.Sentencedict.com) and lock up the doors.

11. We “bury” or “lock up” our Alleluias on Ash Wednesday in preparation for Lent

12. I made it to the store just as they were getting ready to lock up .

13. Small businesses and lock-up garages cling to these spaces like limpets in a cave.

14. 2.2 Only media representatives accredited by the CPPG will be admitted to the media lock-up.

15. Plus he is in lock up for violating multiple restraining orders by Aqualunging it near middle schools.

16. Because it's a creepy little perv that you need to lock up-and throw away the key.

17. I pass the lock-up garages and the grease-blackened signs that indicate some small motor repair workshops.

18. He looked back and listened to the pounding on the door, until the lock-up was out of sight.

19. The door flew upwards and the light from the lock-up garage flooded the street, exposing Norman's secret to the world.

20. Six months of directing traffic, doing courthouse security, serving subpoenas, and today I finished a total organizational overhaul of evidence lock-up.

21. Some eurobonds have a lock-up period of 90 days before they can be sold through the secondary markets to domestic investors.

22. Bridewell Palace, London; later a prison, the original "Bridewell".; a village lock-up; Central Police Station, Bristol, originally a Bridewell

23. ‘they sent old Polgar to the Chokey then?’ Synonyms prison , penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre

24. Close in (third-person singular simple present closes in, present participle closing in, simple past and past participle closed in) To enclose, lock up inside something

25. Critics say such munificence is just a way for Chinese firms to get a leg up over competitors in the scramble to lock up Africa's resources.

26. Press conference (inside lock-up) Time: 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m * Please note that location details will be issued by media advisory on April 26th, 2007.

27. Though I really recommend you rewrite your loop to yield to the browser each iteration and continue Afterwardsso the window does not lock up on the user.

28. Like our popular Knockout, the Bareknuckle features Kershaw’s patented Sub-Frame Lock to lighten in-pocket weight and to ensure safe blade lock up while in use

29. Belock (third-person singular simple present Belocks, present participle Belocking, simple past and past participle Belocked) (archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten

30. Lustration to the very last informer Summary: Government plans to lock up fewer criminals will fail to cut costs or re-offending, according to a former Home Office Criminologist .

31. 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days‎[1]: The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a Carbine

32. Shareholders of CanETH that held a minimum of 5% of the outstanding CanETH shares prior to the Acquisition, along with certain directors of the Company, have entered into voluntary lock-up

33. The pneumatic lock-up valve or Air lock relay shuts off the signal pressure line either if the air supply falls below the adjusted value or if the air supply fails completely

34. In June 200 Goldman sold a $9bn stake in ICBC, disposing of almost all the shares it was allowed to divest at the time under a lock-up agreement with the Chinese bank.

35. This is a new type for large or mid-large cities, as it has a moderate flight height and a wonderful shape, though it also using a convolute set to lock up the motor.

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37. 2018 Bailees The 2018 Jail & Bail event is stirring with excitement as we “lock up” some amazing community members in our cyber jail for a common cause… helping individuals and families heal from substance use disorders to rebuild their lives

38. Calaboose (n.) "prison, a common jail or lock-up," 1792, Western and Southwestern American English, from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo "dungeon," probably from Vulgar Latin *calafodium, from pre-Roman *cala "protected place, den" + Latin fodere "to dig" (see fossil).

39. Media Advisory OTTAWA, October 26, 2005 The 2005-2006 Supplementary Estimates (A) will be tabled in Parliament on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at approximately 10 a.m. There will be media lock-up with an off-the-record technical briefing with officials from the Treasury Board Secretariat to provide journalists with an overview of the Estimates process.

40. Chairborne daddy gonna take a little trip Stand up, lock up, shuffle to the door The club for lunch and home by four If there’s something to decide Close your door and try to hide Every time you get a call You’re out playing racquetball First revise the SOP Make a change in policy Ours is not to wonder why It’s written down in the LOI

41. News Releases and Media Advisories : 1998 Media Advisory Release of Canadian Transportation Agency Decision on Canadian Wheat Board Complaint OTTAWA -- September 23, 1998 -- The Canadian Transportation Agency will conduct a technical information session on Wednesday, September 30, 1998, about its decision concerning the complaint made by the Canadian Wheat Board against the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. This is a session where reporters will be in lock-up.