English-Finnish translations for seize up

• mennä lukkoon

Definition of seize up

• To stop functioning; to come to a halt
• To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move
• To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again

Examples

• Icelands foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.
• It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.
• My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.

Related words

• seize
• seized
• anti-seize
• seize the day
• seize control