pound up

/paʊnd əp/
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Other forms: pounded up; pounding up; pounds up

Definitions of pound up
  1. verb
    shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
    synonyms: pound
    impound, pound
    place or shut up in a pound
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    type of:
    confine, hold, restrain
    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
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