wall up
phrasal verb
walled up; walling up; walls up
1
: to close off (an opening) by filling it with stone, brick, etc.
They walled up the doorway of the abandoned house.
2
: to keep (someone) as a prisoner in an enclosed space
He was walled up in the tower.
Examples of wall up in a Sentence
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Being less direct and formal can help prevent your kid putting a wall up — as can chatting during car rides since not being face-to-face can feel less intimidating for them.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
People get very protective and defensive and put walls up.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2025
Also in Rutherford County, Murfreesboro has approved a site plan for a new In-N-Out that is under construction with walls up on Medical Center Parkway.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Thousands of white porcelain panels covering the walls up to the soaring ceilings are animated by a riot of color: garlands of paper-thin petals, gilt candelabras, bulging baskets of fruit, chinoiserie reliefs, and lifelike parrots perched high on gilded moldings.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025
Mills ran soon after and hopped a concrete wall up the street, prosecutors said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Cardenas was again the goalkeeper and once more split his wall up into a group of four and a group of two.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Oak Lawn District 299 Superintendent Shahe Bagdasarian said those passing by the high school on busy 95th Street should see walls up by end of June.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Things are going smoothly in terms of opening walls up.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
People get very protective and defensive and put walls up.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2025
Also in Rutherford County, Murfreesboro has approved a site plan for a new In-N-Out that is under construction with walls up on Medical Center Parkway.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Thousands of white porcelain panels covering the walls up to the soaring ceilings are animated by a riot of color: garlands of paper-thin petals, gilt candelabras, bulging baskets of fruit, chinoiserie reliefs, and lifelike parrots perched high on gilded moldings.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025
Mills ran soon after and hopped a concrete wall up the street, prosecutors said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Cardenas was again the goalkeeper and once more split his wall up into a group of four and a group of two.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Oak Lawn District 299 Superintendent Shahe Bagdasarian said those passing by the high school on busy 95th Street should see walls up by end of June.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Things are going smoothly in terms of opening walls up.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Wall up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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