Freeze up
Be blocked with ice
Meanings
- Be blocked with ice (intransitive, International English)
- Stop working because the parts of a machine won't move (intransitive, International English)
- When a computer stops working (intransitive, International English)
- Be paralysed with fear (intransitive, International English)
Examples
- The gears had FROZEN UP.
- The computer FROZE UP; it showed me the blue screen of death and I couldn't reboot.
- WE FROZE UP when we heard the window break.