Lock up
Lock up verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Take over
Take over verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The novelization had the "Brain" Gremlin lock up the author in his own bathroom to take over and talk about himself, only to flee when he notices him busting out with an axe.
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