to go somewhere where you can be alone
to put someone in a prison, or in a hospital for mentally ill people
to put something in a place or container which you fasten with a lock
After the murder he was locked away for 50 years.
James locked himself away in his bedroom.
She wonders if her husband is locked away in a secret prison or if he is just dead.
Some of them are very simply locked away for safety.
Sources said she was thrilled and they spent the afternoon locked away in her room.
The kindly threesome told me it was advisable to lock away special items such as champagne flutes.
They are locked away in a little prison of loneliness.
Those deciding whether they should lock away money should take heed.
Valuable items should be locked away.
You will not always be rewarded for locking away your money.
locks away
locking away
locked away
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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