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LOCK AWAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Example:

She locked her jewels in the safe

Synonyms:

lock; lock away; lock in; lock up; put away; shut away; shut up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lock away" is one way to...):

confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

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