clamps up

UK
/klæmps ʌp/
US
/klæmps ʌp/
clamp upverb

clamps up

clamped up
Past Simple
clamped up
Past Participle
clamping up
Gerund
UK
/klæmp ʌp/
US
/klæmp ʌp/
Traductions
Whenever he feels nervous, he tends to clamp up and stop talking.
Когда он нервничает, он склонен замолкать и переставать говорить.
Définitions
To become silent or refuse to speak, often due to fear or reluctance.
When the police started asking questions, he clamped up and refused to say anything.
Synonymes
shut up
become silent
stop talking
clam up
hold back