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النّيَابَة
przestać działać
seize up VB intr
1. seize up (stop operating):
seize up
przestać działać
seize up engine
zatrzeć się
seize up program
zawieszać [perf zawiesić] się
2. seize up inf part of body:
seize up
szwankować
Present
Iseize up
youseize up
he/she/itseizes up
weseize up
youseize up
theyseize up
Past
Iseized up
youseized up
he/she/itseized up
weseized up
youseized up
theyseized up
Present Perfect
Ihaveseized up
youhaveseized up
he/she/ithasseized up
wehaveseized up
youhaveseized up
theyhaveseized up
Past Perfect
Ihadseized up
youhadseized up
he/she/ithadseized up
wehadseized up
youhadseized up
theyhadseized up
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He could play a game and get through it but it would seize up for days afterwards.
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He would pick it until he tripped the detector mechanism, causing the lock to seize up.
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In the main, the diaphragm would arc from being overdriven, or the audio transformer would seize up from being exposed to excessive voltages.
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This is not normally a problem but funding can seize up in a crisis.
www.telegraph.co.uk
As with marketing analysts of the past, some programmers seize up with eye rolls at the mention of intuition.
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