English verb: lock away | |||
| 1. | lock 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 in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine | ||