Lock up and Stop

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Lock up

Lock up verb - To put in or as if in prison.
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Stop is an antonym for lock up in topics: confine, grasp, confinement, achieve, be in possession.

Stop

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
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Lock up is an antonym for stop.
Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover
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  • In Age Of Empires I, using multiple priests to convert one computer controlled unit would sometimes lock up the AI; since it couldn't decide which priest was a greater threat, it would get within attack range and just stop.
    Source: Good Bad Bugs / Real-Time Strategy
  • What the Hell, Player? The same applies in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness if you try to Snag a clean Pokemon note Rui will stop you from snagging anything other than a Shadow Pokemon, and the Aura Reader will lock up Michael's Snag Machine under the same circumstances.
    Source: What the Hell, Player?
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Stop and Lock up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock_up/stop
Lock up & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock_up/stop>.
Stop or Lock up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock_up/stop.

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