lock away

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Verb

lock away - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"

put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, lock up, lock

confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed

Translations

carcerare

w>lock away

vt sep → wegschließen; person → einsperren; he locked the money away in his safe → er schloss das Geld in seinem Safe ein

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