English Dictionary

wedge up

verb

(transitive) To fill or block up with wedges. / (intransitive, UK, prison slang) To barricade oneself in one's cell.

He used a hammer to wedge up the door.

意味（1）

(transitive) To fill or block up with wedges.

意味（2）

(intransitive, UK, prison slang) To barricade oneself in one's cell.

They both wedged up in his cell and refused to come out. They were hurling abuse at the screws on the other side of the door. As a result they were both shipped out to another jail the following day.