freeze up

See also: freeze-up

English

Verb

freeze up (third-person singular simple present freezes up, present participle freezing up, simple past froze up, past participle frozen up)

(intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use.
(intransitive) (of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up.
(intransitive) To become cold and formal in demeanour.

Translations

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French: se figer (fr)

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Russian: ви́снуть (ru) impf (vísnutʹ), зави́снуть (ru) pf (zavísnutʹ)
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