Lock up and Loose

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Lock up verb - To put in or as if in prison.

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Loose is an antonym for lock up in topics: tie, attach, grasp, hold back, obligate.

Loose verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).

Usage example: animal-rights activists loosed the monkeys from their laboratory cages

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Lock up is an antonym for loose.

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

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