"wall up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: walls up [present, singular, third-person], walling up [participle, present], walled up [participle, past], walled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wall up (third-person singular simple present walls up, present participle walling up, simple past and past participle walled up)
  1. (transitive) To seal with a wall. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To seal with a wall."
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