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BRICK UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brick up mean?
• BRICK UP (verb)
The verb BRICK UP has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BRICK UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wall up with brick
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
brick in; brick over; brick up
Hypernyms (to "brick up" is one way to...):
wall in; wall up (enclose with a wall)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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