seize-up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from seize up.

Noun

seize-up (plural seize-ups)

  1. Stillstand, slowdown.
    • 2024 July 3, Richard Partington, “UK service sector growth ‘seizes up’ as firms put plans on hold before election”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Growth in the UK service sector slowed last month amid a “seize-up” in activity as companies put projects on hold in the run-up to the general election.
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