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locks up
verb
Third person singular of lock up
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My back locks up again.
Turner locks up her daughters.
Their whole body locks up".
"He just locks up," Mr. Howard said.
Our government locks up refugees because it thinks it will win votes.
The deal effectively locks up Longoria through 2016 because of three club options.
Unlike Jamaica, the Bahamas locks up some of its drug lords.
"It's almost as if your body locks up emotions," he said.
"With a Canon Ixus 60 (handheld compact camera), its flash reliably locks up the Pi.
He brakes late and locks up but still has enough control to complete the move.
The UK locks up more people than any other western European nation.
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