verb
confine in or as if in a coop
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she coops herself up in the library all day
• Syn: ↑coop in
• Hypernyms: ↑confine
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s somebody PP
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ˌcoop ˈup [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they coop up he/she/it coops up present participle cooping up past tense cooped up past participle cooped up] phrasal verb
if a person or animal is cooped up in a place, they have to stay there without being able to move around much
I’ve been cooped up in this office all day.
Thesaurus: to put a person or animal in a place they cannot leavesynonym
Main entry: coop
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coop up [phrasal verb]
coop up (someone or something) or coop (someone or something) up : to keep (a person or animal) inside a building or in a small space especially for a long period of time
— usually used as (be) cooped up
The children were cranky after being cooped up in the house all day.
The dog is cooped up in a cage.
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Main Entry: ↑coop
Useful english dictionary. 2012.