lock away

Questions about lock away

What does lock away mean?

lock away means "place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape".

What is another word for lock away?

Close synonyms include lock in, lock, put away, shut up, shut away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lock away a common word?

lock away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.