Antonyms for locking up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : lok |
Phonetic Transcription : lÉ’k |
- abandon
- abstain
- add
- admit
- advance
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- authorize
- avoid
- bare
- calm
- cancel
- cease
- continue
- contradict
- deny
- depart
- desert
- detach
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- disburse
- discharge
- disclose
- disconnect
- discourage
- disjoin
- disperse
- dispossess
- dispute
- disregard
- dissipate
- dissuade
- distribute
- divide
- divulge
- dodge
- drop
- encourage
- endanger
- exclude
- exhibit
- expose
- face
- facilitate
- fail
- favor
- forfeit
- forget
- forgo
- forsake
- forward
- free
- freedom
- give
- give birth
- give in
- give up
- go
- halt
- harm
- help
- hurt
- ignore
- include
- injure
- invalidate
- kill
- lack
- lay bare
- lay out
- leave
- let
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- liberating
- liberty
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- meet
- misconstrue
- misguide
- mislead
- mismanage
- miss
- misunderstand
- need
- negate
- neglect
- not have
- nullify
- offer
- open
- overtake
- overthrow
- pass
- permit
- please
- promote
- push
- quit
- refrain
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- release
- relinquish
- renounce
- repel
- repress
- repudiate
- repulse
- reveal
- sanction
- scatter
- set free
- share
- show
- soothe
- spend
- squander
- start
- stop
- support
- surrender
- take out
- tell
- throw away
- turn on
- unbind
- unchain
- uncover
- understand
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unlock
- unloose
- unmask
- unsettle
- untie
- unwrap
- use
- veto
- want
- waste
- welcome
- yield
Definition of locking up
Origin :- "means of fastening," Old English loc "bolt, fastening; barrier, enclosure," from Proto-Germanic *lukan (cf. Old Norse lok "fastening, lock," Gothic usluks "opening," Old High German loh "dungeon," German Loch "opening, hole," Dutch luik "shutter, trapdoor"). "The great diversity of meaning in the Teut. words seems to indicate two or more independent but formally identical substantival formations from the root."
- The Old English sense "barrier, enclosure" led to the specific meaning "barrier on a river" (c.1300), and the more specific sense "gate and sluice system on a water channel used as a means of raising and lowering boats" (1570s). Wrestling sense is from c.1600. Phrase under lock and key attested from early 14c.
- As in imprisonment : noun placing in forcible detention
- As in imprison : verb confine; put in jail
- As in incarcerate : verb put in jail, confinement
- As in jail : verb incarcerate
- As in monopolize : verb dominate, control
- As in assure : verb make certain
- As in possess : verb have or obtain
- As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
- As in put away : verb incarcerate
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in secure : verb obtain
- As in secure : verb attach, tie up
- As in store : verb collect and put aside
- As in tie/tie up : verb hamper, hinder
- As in bind : verb obligate; restrict
- As in tie up : verb hamper
- As in cage : verb hold in enclosure
- As in acquire : verb obtain or receive
- As in immobilize : verb tie
- As in mew : verb enclose
- As in stash : verb hide
- As in coop : verb confine
- As in corral : verb enclose
- As in affirm : verb declare the truth of something
- As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
- As in ensure : verb guarantee; make secure
- As in forbid : verb outlaw, prohibit an action
- As in get : verb come into possession of; achieve
- As in have : verb be in possession
- As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen
- As in hold : verb have in one's hands, possession; grasp
- When the hour came for locking up, he supposed all strangers to be excluded for the night.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But we will not have any more tricks played at locking up Ketch.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Yes, but she must be quick for he was locking up for the night, and there was but a minute or so to spare.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- After locking up, he thought carefully about what Uncle Ingemar had said.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- He was just locking up as I passed, so I told him, and sent him off.
- Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
- I'm so used to locking up the house at nights that I did it without thinking.
- Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
- Any place in which he was in the habit of locking up papers, for instance?
- Extract from : « The Chestermarke Instinct » by J. S. Fletcher
- She was telling me about seeing the face and locking up the house.
- Extract from : « Shoe-Bar Stratton » by Joseph Bushnell Ames
- A youth was just locking up the ticket-office and going off as they reached it.
- Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
- He did not even wait to assist her in the process of locking up.
- Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
Synonyms for locking up
- absorb
- accept
- access
- accomplish
- accumulate
- achieve
- acquire
- adhere
- adjust
- admit
- adumbrate
- amass
- anchor
- annex
- apprehend
- arrange
- arrest
- assert
- asseverate
- assure
- attain
- attest
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- bag
- ban
- bank
- bastille
- batten down
- be blessed with
- be born with
- be endowed with
- bear
- bin
- bind
- block
- block off
- blockade
- blot out
- bogart
- bolt
- book
- bottle
- bottle up
- bound
- box in
- box up
- bridle
- bring
- bring in
- bring to a screeching halt
- bring to screeching halt
- build up
- bury
- button
- button down
- buy
- buy into
- buy off
- buy out
- cache
- cage
- camouflage
- can
- cancel
- capture
- capturing
- carry
- cash in on
- catch
- cement
- censor
- certify
- chain
- chalk up
- check
- cherish
- choke back
- cinch
- circle
- circumscribe
- clamp
- clasp
- clean up
- clear
- cleave
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- cloak
- clog
- close
- close in
- closet
- clutch
- collect
- come by
- commit
- compass
- compel
- complete
- conceal
- confine
- confining
- confirm
- constrain
- consume
- contain
- control
- cool
- coop
- coop up
- cop
- copyright
- cork
- cork up
- corner
- corner the market
- corral
- cover
- crack down
- cradle
- cross heart
- cumulate
- curb
- curtail
- curtain
- debar
- declare
- declare illegal
- delay
- delimit
- deny
- deposit
- deprive
- detain
- detaining
- deter
- devour
- direct
- disallow
- disguise
- dissemble
- ditch
- dominate
- draw
- duck
- earn
- eclipse
- educe
- effect
- elicit
- embargo
- embrace
- employ
- encase
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- engage
- engross
- enjoin
- enjoy
- ensconce
- enshroud
- enslave
- ensure
- entrammel
- envelop
- environ
- establish
- evoke
- exclude
- exercise control
- extort
- extract
- fasten
- fence
- fence in
- fence off
- fetch
- fetter
- fix
- fondle
- forbid
- force
- forestall
- forfend
- freeze
- freeze to
- gag
- gain
- garner
- gather
- get
- get hands on
- get hold of
- glean
- go into hiding
- go underground
- govern
- grab
- grasp
- gridlock
- grip
- guarantee
- guard
- guide
- halt
- hamper
- handicap
- handle
- hang on
- hang up
- harbor
- harness
- have
- have a lock on
- have in hand
- have to name
- hedge
- hem
- hem in
- hide
- hinder
- hitch
- hive
- hoard
- hog
- hog-tie
- hogtie
- hold
- hold back
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- hold prisoner
- hold up
- hole up
- hook
- hook on
- hug
- hush up
- hustle
- hutch
- ice
- idle
- imbue
- immure
- immuring
- impede
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- imprisoning
- incarcerate
- incarcerating
- include
- indenture
- induct
- inherit
- inhibit
- insert
- insist
- institutionalize
- insure
- interdict
- intern
- jail
- jailing
- jam up
- keep
- keep captive
- keep close
- keep down
- keep from
- keep in custody
- keep in line
- keep in reserve
- keep lid on
- keep out
- keep secret
- keep to oneself
- kill
- land
- lash
- latch on to
- latch onto
- lay away
- lay up
- leash
- lie low
- limit
- lock
- lock away
- lock in
- lock on
- lock up
- locking up
- maintain
- make
- make a buy
- make a killing
- make certain
- make fast
- make safe
- make sure
- manacle
- manage
- mask
- mew
- moor
- mothball
- mure
- muzzle
- nab
- nail
- nail down
- necessitate
- net
- nix
- not give away
- not let go
- not tell
- nourish
- oblige
- obscure
- obstruct
- obtain
- obviate
- occlude
- occult
- occupy
- okay
- oppose
- outlaw
- own
- own exclusively
- pack
- pack away
- padlock
- palm
- park
- parlay
- pass on
- patent
- pen
- pick up
- pinion
- plant
- possess
- preclude
- predicate
- prescribe
- press
- prevent
- prison
- procure
- profess
- promote
- pronounce
- proscribe
- protect
- provide
- pull
- pull back
- put
- put a lock on
- put a stopper in
- put away
- put behind bars
- put by
- put chill on
- put down
- put half nelson on
- put in storage
- put lock on
- put on ice
- put out of the way
- put the chill on
- put under lock and key
- quarantining
- rack up
- rail in
- railroad
- ratify
- realize
- reap
- receive
- remand
- repeat
- repress
- require
- reserve
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- rivet
- roll up
- rubber-stamp
- rule out
- safeguard
- salt away
- save
- save for rainy day
- say no
- say so
- scare up
- score
- screen
- seal
- secrete
- secure
- seize
- send to prison
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- set
- set apart
- set out
- settle
- sew up
- shackle
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- shut down
- shut in
- shut out
- shut up
- sit on
- slough
- smuggle
- snag
- snap up
- snowball
- sock away
- spike
- squeeze
- squirrel
- stash
- state
- stay
- stay put
- stick
- stifle
- stock
- stockade
- stockpile
- stop
- stow away
- stymie
- subdue
- succeed to
- suppress
- swear
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- syndicate
- taboo
- tack
- take
- take away
- take cover
- take in
- take over
- take possession
- take possession of
- take prisoner
- take up
- teem with
- testify
- throw away the keys
- throw book at
- throw cold water on
- throw in dungeon
- throw the book at
- tie
- tie down
- tie one's hands
- tie up
- tighten
- trammel
- trap
- treasure
- tuck away
- use
- utilize
- veil
- veto
- victual
- vise
- vouch
- wall
- wall in
- wangle
- warehouse
- warrant
- wield
- win
- withhold
- witness
- wrap
- wring
- yoke
- zing
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