131. Seize Up - Phrasal Verbs - Seize Up / Seized Up

Seize Up : 멈추다, 작동을 안하다, (신체 부위가)잘 움직이지 않다, 말을 안 듣다

Seized Up

 

To block

To Jam up

To be rusted, to be stuck solid

To be jammed

Different bits or moving parts won't move

It stops working, to stop moving

 

You can use it metaphorically

The flow of capital or the flow of cash seized up buecause interest rate hikes

The flow of traffic seized up

The lock seized up 

The engine seized up

He was nervours he couldn't move, he just siezed up

I just seized up because I could not think of anything to say when giving a speech

 

 

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