Tradução & Definição
to lock (someone) up / away: prender (alguém)
Horatio locked the monkeys up in the broom closet during the client's tour of the offices. Horatio trancou os macacos no armário de vassouras durante a visita do cliente ao escritório.
Bruno always locks up his important documents before leaving on business trips. Bruno sempre tranca seus documentos importantes antes de sair em viagem de negócios.
to lock someone in (a closet): trancar alguém (em um armário)
locked up: trancado, preso
Chang has been locked up in prison for the last 24 hours. Chang ficou trancado na prisão durante as últimas 24 horas.
Exemplos
- "Brian : Bruno, please don't lock me in your office again!"
- "I've already tried calling you twice, but you must be locked up in the laboratory or something."
- "Leonard : In Europe, if workers want to make themselves heard, they lock the bosses in their offices, then they negotiate."
- "Bruno Delavigne! Lock him in his office!"
- "You can't keep them locked up in this, in a garage."
- "It's not the first time I've noticed this bike, but today I paused to take a closer look and I was rather shocked to discover that it's not locked up!"
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