FREEZE UP


Meaning of FREEZE UP in English

freeze up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ freeze )

1 . if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly SYN freeze

2 . to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally:

I wouldn’t know what to say. I’d just freeze up.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.