lock away
• imprison someone.
• "Edmond is locked away in the island fortress"
lock up
• imprison someone.
• "he thought Smart ought to be locked up"
Similar:
keep out,
shut out,
refuse entrance to,
deny admittance to,
exclude,
bar,
debar,
ban,
ostracize,
banish,
exile,
imprison,
jail,
incarcerate,
send to prison,
put behind bars,
put under lock and key,
put in chains,
put/throw into irons,
clap in irons,
hold captive,
detain,
remand,
intern,
impound,
immure,
shut up,
shut in,
confine,
cage,
pen,
coop up,
fence in,
pen in,
wall in,
mew (up),
send down,
put away,
put inside,
lock-up
noun
• a jail, especially a temporary one.
Similar:
jail,
prison,
cell,
police cell,
place of detention,
place of confinement,
detention centre,
jailhouse,
cooler,
slammer,
jug,
can,
stir,
clink,
quod,
chokey,
pen,
nick,
• non-residential premises that can be locked up, typically a small shop or garage.
• "a lock-up garage"
• the locking up of premises for the night.
• the action of becoming fixed or immovable.
• "anti-lock braking helps prevent wheel lock-up"
• an investment in assets which cannot readily be realized or sold on in the short term.
