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seize-up

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from seize up.

Definitions

  1. Stillstand, slowdown.

    • Growth in the UK service sector slowed last month amid a “seize-up” in activity as companies put projects on hold in the run-up to the general election.

The neighborhood

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