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'bar up' is not a phrase that is used in written English.
If you are looking for a phrase to use in a sentence then you could use the phrase 'barricade up' or 'barricaded up'. For example: My neighbor barricaded up the windows to his home with plywood for extra security.
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bar up
verb
To fit with bars (e.g. across a window or door)
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All you can do is push the bar up.
There is a small bar up front, serving wine but no spirits.
THE BAR Up front, in the window, with eight stools and three high tables.
A nurse puts the bar up behind me, so I don't fall out.
Atmosphere: Plain white walls with long bar up front, elevated dining room in back.
Teddy used to work at a bar up the street called Timboo's but pronounced Timbo's.
In the Broadway Lunch Bar, up on Columbus Avenue, hangs this sign: "Service and Counterservice".
I was on the way back from a disappointing travel guide-recommended bar up the street.
Balmain moved the bar up, but Givenchy and Prada have moved in that direction, too.
He also sells environmentally friendly cleaning supplies and has a juice bar up front.
I prefer the small wooden bar up front, offering steaming coffee and buttery pastries.
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