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    coop up

    vt

  2. Cooped up means being in a small closed space from which you cannot escape, or feeling as if you are. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

  3. to keep someone or something in a closed space: I feel like I've been cooped up in this flat for days. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing. beleaguered. beset. border. box someone/something in. dunk. enclosure. fence something off. flooding. gather. gift wrap. gift-wrapped. girdle. siege. soak.

  4. Cooped up means living or being kept in a place that is too small or does not allow much freedom. Learn how to use this phrase in sentences with Collins English Dictionary.

  5. Coop up means to keep someone or an animal inside a building or in a small space for a long time. Learn how to use this phrasal verb in a sentence and see examples and synonyms.

  6. Definition of coop up phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. Coop up means to confine or constrain, the way you coop up your new puppy in the kitchen during the day so he won't chew up all the shoes in the house. This verb, which comes from coop, "poultry cage," is good for describing times you feel as cramped or restricted as a chicken in a cage.

  8. If you say that someone is cooped up, you mean that they live or are kept in a place which is too small, or which does not allow them much freedom. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'cooped up' American English: kupt ʌpBritish English: kuːpt ʌp. More. Examples of 'cooped up' in a sentence.