English verb: shut away | |||
1. | shut away (contact) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | ||
Samples | The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend. She locked her jewels in the safe. | ||
Synonyms | lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confine | ||