Synonyms of locking (up)

locking (up)

verb

present participle of lock (up)

as in jailing

to put in or as if in prison

if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jailing
• imprisoning
• interning
• incarcerating
• confining
• detaining
• committing
• restraining
• immuring
• arresting
• catching
• jugging
• limiting
• restricting
• shutting
• capturing
• picking up
• constraining
• apprehending
• gating
• barring
• binding
• seizing
• pinching
• keeping
• impressing
• holding
• impounding
• trammelling
• manacling
• busting
• nabbing
• handcuffing
• shackling
• shanghaiing
• enchaining
• fettering
• trammeling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• discharging
• releasing
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• unbinding
• manumitting
• unfettering
• uncaging
• unchaining