Chain Up (Verb)
Meaning
Tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The guards moved in to chain up the protesting students to prevent any further disturbance.
- They decided to chain up the bicycle to prevent it from being stolen.
- To secure the boat from drifting away, the crew had to chain up the anchor tightly.
- During the war, enemy soldiers were forced to chain up and marched to the prisoner-of-war camp.
- The loggers had to learn how to safely chain up fallen trees to move them out of the way.