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locking up

NOUN
imprisonment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
capturing confining detaining immuring imprisoning incarcerating quarantining
Antonyms


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Crypto staking is a process that involves locking up your cryptocurrency for a period to help keep a blockchain network running in exchange for rewards generally paid out in the same cryptocurrency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But by putting $200,000 of your investable wealth into an annuity, you are locking up that cash.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

“It is keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

In the 1980s, it investigated problems associated with front-wheel drive cars made by General Motors and complaints about rear brakes locking up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Chucha is locking up the garage and hosing down the driveway, which seems a strange thing to be doing in the middle of the night.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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