Pound Up (Verb)
Meaning
Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The officer ordered the security team to pound up the suspect in the nearest cell.
- The animals are usually pounded up in the enclosure for the night to keep them safe.
- During the riot, the authorities decided to pound up the violent protesters in a secure area.
- When the guests started causing trouble, the manager had them pounded up in a separate room.
- The zookeepers made sure to pound up the escaped tiger in a special enclosure until further notice.