"lock away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: locks away [present, singular, third-person], locking away [participle, present], locked away [participle, past], locked away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lock away (third-person singular simple present locks away, present participle locking away, simple past and past participle locked away)
  1. (transitive) To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view. Tags: transitive Translations (to lock up; to lock in a safe place): vangita (Finnish), wegsperren (German), chować pod kluczem [imperfective] (Polish), schować pod kluczem [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view."
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