corral vs lock up

corral

verb
  • To capture or round up. 

  • To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral. 

  • To place inside of a corral. 

noun
  • An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. 

  • A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense. 

  • An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group. 

lock up

verb
  • To stop moving; to seize. 

  • To invest in something long term. 

  • To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely. 

  • To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning). 

  • To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze. 

  • To imprison or incarcerate (someone). 

  • To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze. 

  • To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque. 

  • To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction. 

  • To cease responding; to freeze. 

How often have the words corral and lock up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )