Meaning of chain up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To put in chains
   transitive
2. To put chains on the tires of a vehicle to increase traction.
   intransitive, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“They've drugged me, beaten and chained me up to the solitary confinement cell bars with metal restraints.”

“In the dungeons, Cersei kisses Tyene Sand with poison on her lips. Ellaria is chained up across from her daughter and must watch her die. Cersei lashes out at the world and recreates whatever horror has been done to her to someone else.”

“In past winters, we have had to chain up our sedans simply to get up the road to our home.”

“We used to have to chain up the rear wheels on our '77 F250 2WD to get loads of firewood out of remote areas on sticky, slippery roads.”

“Those of us who know how to drive in the snow don't need plows or sand. If things get really tough, we chain up.”

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