lock up vs permit

lock up

verb
  • To imprison or incarcerate (someone). 

  • To invest in something long term. 

  • To stop moving; to seize. 

  • 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 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. 

permit

verb
  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

noun
  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A learner's permit. 

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