Usually means: Stop functioning due to strain.
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  1. seize up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. seize up: Merriam-Webster
  3. seize-up: Wordnik
  4. seize up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. seize up: Wiktionary
  6. seize up: Dictionary.com
  7. seize up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. seize up: Idioms

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  1. seize up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (seize up)

verb:  (figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
verb:  (of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
verb:  (of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.

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