pen up
pen up
To imprison or confine someone or an animal inside of a pen or a similarly small, restricted space. We pen these convicts up with other criminals for years at a time, and you expect them all to become reformed citizens as a result? The man had penned up dozens of wild animals in a disused corner of his company's warehouse.
See also: pen, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
pen (someone or an animal) up
to confine someone to a confined space or an animal to a pen. He said he didn't want them to pen him up in an office all day. They penned up the dog during the day.
See also: pen, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- pen in
- in ink
- pen and ink
- never dip your pen into the company's ink
- intern
- intern in
- intern in (something)
- corral
- corral (someone or something)
- chase in some place