shut up

Definition

To close (a building) so that no one can enter.

Example Sentences

• "The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon."
• "The engineer had shut the locomotive up in the shed for twenty years."
• "'You know the doctor's ways, sir,' replied Poole, 'and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid.'"