chain up

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chain up

verb chains up · chaining up · chained up

transitive To put in chains They've drugged me, beaten and chained me up to the solitary confinement cell bars with metal restraints.
intransitive, transitive To put snow chains on the tires of a vehicle. In past winters, we have had to chain up our sedans simply to get up the road to our home.

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verb bind with chains

Español	encadenar
Deutsch	anketten

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@misc{chain_up_2026,
  title = {chain up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chain%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}