lock up
Example Sentences
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Fifty million in cap space on a team that’s already locked up its two best scorers?
From Los Angeles Times
As ice locked up water, vast shallow seas dried out, triggering an "icehouse climate" and radically altering ocean chemistry.
From Science Daily
The objective isn’t to lock up all assets, but to secure essential expenses while preserving liquidity and growth potential.
California wildlife authorities are urging residents of a small Central California town to lock up their pets and secure livestock after a series of mountain lion attacks.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, China is locking up the silver used to manufacture the solar panels which generate that power.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
