as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!
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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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Recent Examples of lock (up)
John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
As the earliest investors reach the end of their lockup periods, some will look to cash out their stakes, putting further selling pressure on the stock, which is still up 200% since the IPO.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Even after a lockup expired, Trump sold zero shares, perhaps concerned that doing so would tank the stock price and erase billions from his net worth.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Has anyone in lockup ever had as immaculate a cut, color, brow, and lippie game than Ms. Clark?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The arrests, announced Thursday by acting U.S. Attorney John Durham, cover a dozen incidents at the notorious lockup, which has long been plagued by violence, grim living conditions and medical mistreatment woes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
As the earliest investors reach the end of their lockup periods, some will look to cash out their stakes, putting further selling pressure on the stock, which is still up 200% since the IPO.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Even after a lockup expired, Trump sold zero shares, perhaps concerned that doing so would tank the stock price and erase billions from his net worth.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Has anyone in lockup ever had as immaculate a cut, color, brow, and lippie game than Ms. Clark?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock (up)
Verb
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The unusual dispute will next week go before a judge, who will hear arguments on whether Hall should remain jailed.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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He was arraigned May 2 and jailed on a $75,000 bond.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
Noun
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After 24 years in prison, Anderson was released on parole in 2023.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
3 May 2025
Verb
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Mujica was imprisoned for thirteen years, much of it in a solitary underground cell—an experience that nearly drove him mad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called for Comey to be imprisoned.—
Kelsey Walsh,
ABC News,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Stroud was one of several notorious men who have called the Leavenworth penitentiary home.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
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Although best known for its 29 years as a federal penitentiary, the island of Alcatraz was also a military fort, used by the army during the Civil War to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders.—
Louise McLoughlin,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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“Lock (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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