wall up

phrasal verb

walled up; walling up; walls up
1
: to close off (an opening) by filling it with stone, brick, etc.
They walled up the doorway of the abandoned house.
2
: to keep (someone) as a prisoner in an enclosed space
He was walled up in the tower.

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In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent. Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025 Those are devices that remain hidden at ground level, then are activated by water pressure during a flood and lift automatically to a 90° angle, like a drawbridge, providing a temporary wall up to 8 feet high to protect homes and other property. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Wall up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20up. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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