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brick up

verb
  1. To block or cover using bricks. (transitive) · I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass.· The tunnel's mouth was bricked up because it was unsafe.
  2. To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks. (transitive) · The chest was bricked up into the wall.
  3. To become constipated. (colloquial, intransitive)
  4. To cause (someone) to have an erection. (transitive)
  5. To build a supporting structure out of brick in order to form the containing walls of a mould.
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