bar up

verb

To fit (e.g. a window or door) with bars; to otherwise block or dam up.

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Meanings

verbbar up (third-person singular simple present bars up, present participle barring up, simple past and past participle barred up)

present singular third person bars up · participle present barring up · participle past barred up · past barred up

  1. ambitransitiveTo fit (e.g. a window or door) with bars; to otherwise block or dam up.
  2. datedtransitiveTo imprison (someone); to chain up (someone).

Translations

Spanish embarrar, barretear
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  • barretearTranslations
  • barrearTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

bar up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20up

MLA

“bar up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20up.

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