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Definition of 'cooped up'

cooped up

(kuːpt ʌp )
adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you say that someone is cooped up, you mean that they live or are kept in a place which is too small, or which does not allow them much freedom.
He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates.
It isn't good for her to be cooped up all the time.
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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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Example sentences containing 'cooped up'

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It's just that -- well, I don't fancy being cooped up in a safe house somewhere. Cleary, Jon MURDER SONGIt's sad to think of their being cooped up in dreary old England. Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURAAll he did was ask her very casually if she wasn't finding it lonely cooped up with Larry all day. Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD

Nearby words of 'cooped up'

  • coonskin
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Definition of cooped up from the Collins English Dictionary

Nouns used without a determiner

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