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seize up

To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
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It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'seize up':

seize upTo stop functioning; to come to a halt.
seize upTo stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.
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