Meaning

1 senses
  1. To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.

    wegsperren

More definitions
  • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Are your guns locked away safely?

  2. Arrest that man and lock him away.

    ruАрестуйте этого человека и заприте его. — carlosalberto

    deVerhaftet diesen Mann und sperrt ihn weg. — carlosalberto

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. His father is locked away in a mental hospital.

  4. He's prone to locking himself away.

  5. The secret was locked away for aeons.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sacredceltic · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to lock up; to lock in a safe place:

Forms

locks away, locking away, locked away, locked away
Base formlock away · to lock away
3rd person singularlocks away
Present participlelocking away
Past simplelocked away
Past participlelocked away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylock away
he, she, itlocks away

Past simpleLesson

all personslocked away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave locked away
he, she, ithas locked away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lock away

Phrasal verbs

10 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lock away — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto