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Definition of lock up
lock up
- To fight someone.
I'm about to lock up on this fool.
Last edited on May 26 2002. Submitted by Suwoei H. from Hilliard, OH, USA on May 26 2002.
verb - transitive
- to incarcerate; "imprison".
Citation from "Purple Haze", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Gone", Lie To Me (TV), Season 3 Episode 11 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Compassion", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: jail (related to).
Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.
- to obtain exclusive rights to.
Citation from "Producers lock up prison memoir", Variety, Mar. 24, 2009, Dave McNary blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to have, take, get.
Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'jail (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a prison sentence. | |
| Definitions include: Jail or prison | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: federal prison. | |
| Definitions include: n. tampon. | |
| Definitions include: prison. | |
| Definitions include: in jail | |
| Definitions include: jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: see do time. | |
| Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison. | |
| Definitions include: home. | |
Other terms relating to 'to have, take, get': | |
| Definitions include: "have". | |
| Definitions include: affectionate form of address for a male child. | |
| Definitions include: to execute or murder, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire discretely. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to; deceive. | |
| Definitions include: to arrest. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: to have in one's possession. | |
| Definitions include: to find. | |
| Definitions include: to get. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'lock': | |
| Definitions include: to be the sole owner or provider of something. | |
| Definitions include: a kiss, to kiss. | |
| Definitions include: to be arrested and put in a jail cell. | |
| Definitions include: to secure. | |
| Definitions include: From military slang for "weapons loaded and prepared for firing." | |
| Definitions include: an after-hours session of drinking at a bar or pub. | |
| Definitions include: to break up with someone | |
| Definitions include: dreadlocks. | |
| Definitions include: under control. | |
| Definitions include: A casual observance of someone you find very attractive. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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