WALL (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP


Meaning of WALL (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP in English

wall somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ wall )

1 .

a) to fill in an entrance, window etc with bricks or stone:

The entrance had long since been walled up.

b) to fill in all the entrances and windows of a place so that someone cannot get out

2 . to keep someone as a prisoner in a building

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