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1. Jail in a local police station
    
2. The act of locking something up to protect it

1. Secure by locking
   "lock up the house before you go on vacation"
    
2. Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
   - lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away

Derived forms: locks up, lockups, locked up, locking up

See also: lock

Type of: calaboose [US, Austral, informal], clink [informal], confine, fasten, fix, gaol [Brit], jail, jailhouse, pokey [informal], poky [informal], prison, protection, secure, slammer [informal]

Encyclopedia: Lockup