Translations for „pen up“ in the English » German Dictionary

pen up VB trans

to pen up ⇆ sb/an animal

jdn/ein Tier einschließen a. fig

to be penned up

festsitzen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pen up ⇆ sb/an animal

jdn/ein Tier einschließen a. fig

to lock sb up in the pen

jdn hinter schwedische Gardinen sperren inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In order to let us toggle between having the pen up and down, we need the code to remember which state it's in.

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The goal is to connect all nine dots using just four straight lines, without lifting your pen up or retracing a line.

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If it's 0, we'll put the pen down, then set it to be 1, otherwise, we'll lift the pen up and set it to be 0.

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I was too frightened to even pick a pen up.

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Why pen up another one?

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