Definition of 'cooped up'
adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
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cooped up in British
(kuːpt ʌp)adjective
confined in a restricted area
He is cooped up in a cramped cell with ten other inmates.
It isn't good for her to be cooped up all the time.
How would you like to be cooped up in a cage like that?
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It's just that -- well, I don't fancy being cooped up in a safe house somewhere. MURDER SONGIt's sad to think of their being cooped up in dreary old England. THE IMAGE OF LAURAAll he did was ask her very casually if she wasn't finding it lonely cooped up with Larry all day. YELLOW BIRD
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