Can any of the many readers of this blog supply us all (comments for publication) with a clear definition between the two modal verbs: "lock up" and "lock down"?
It is clearly not the same as the difference between "shut up" and "shut down"; much less "cut up" and "cut down", or even "sit up" and "sit down", which is obvious. So what is it?
I look forward to publishing the answers, and being enlightened at the same time!
It is clearly not the same as the difference between "shut up" and "shut down"; much less "cut up" and "cut down", or even "sit up" and "sit down", which is obvious. So what is it?
I look forward to publishing the answers, and being enlightened at the same time!
Without checking the dictionary, I'd say that to "lock up" means to encarcerate somebody, while to "lock down" means to block all access to and (especially) from a location.
ReplyDeleteAgree with the previous comment. Lock up - to close some space liked house; lock down - to close large area (quarantine like)
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