Sekirov Dictionary

seize up

/ˌsiːz ˈʌp/

verb 3
seize-up noun 1
forms 4

verb3

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To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.
- My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.
•
(figurative) To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
- Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.
•
To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
- It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.

seize-up noun1

•
Stillstand, slowdown.
- Growth in the UK service sector slowed last month amid a “seize-up” in activity as companies put projects on hold in the run-up to the general election. — 2024

forms

seized up · seizing up · seizes up · seize-ups

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