seize up

Perhaps you could engage a taxi driver in a minute of conversation before you seize up.

However, the counterparty problem poses a real risk that the cogs of the system could start to seize up again in the coming days.

But there still appears to be room for values to rise, provided global credit markets do not seize up.

The main fear was that both sides might seize (up) on a cease-fire to rearm.

The Treasury will stand ready to buy bonds issued by biggish firms should markets seize up.

Without a credit boom, the bursting of the bubble does not cause the financial system to seize up and so does much less damage.

However, critics fear that the volume of travelers will seize up London's overcrowded transport system, especially at rush hour.

My joints seize up in the cold weather.

Her shoulders were the first part of her body to seize up.

Even as credit markets seize up, a world economy that is less dependent on the United States is more likely to stay aloft.

It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) to seize up.

The engineers, being a conservative bunch, thought that after a few thousand steps the motor would seize up.

Still, the fad machine is unlikely to seize up any time soon, and eternal vigilance is required to monitor its output.

But if depositors all demanded their cash at once, the banking system would fail and the economy seize up overnight.

Thanks to NATO's aerial bombardment, Muammar Qaddafi has few tanks left to seize up but his regime is running on empty.

top If you never bother to lubricate your engine, of course it will seize up.

Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in.

and if we want to seize up the opportunity and realize our dream, we must act enterprisingly.