lock away
lock away · locks away · locked away · locking away
прибрати, прибирати, відкласти
убрать, убирать
wegsperren
To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of viewTo lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
» Are your guns locked away safely?
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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 sentencesAre your guns locked away safely?
Arrest that man and lock him away.
ruАрестуйте этого человека и заприте его. — carlosalberto
deVerhaftet diesen Mann und sperrt ihn weg. — carlosalberto
His father is locked away in a mental hospital.
He's prone to locking himself away.
The secret was locked away for aeons.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to lock up; to lock in a safe place:
Forms
locks away, locking away, locked away, locked away| Base form | lock away · to lock away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | locks away |
| Present participle | locking away |
| Past simple | locked away |
| Past participle | locked away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
10 phrasal verbs- lock upповісити, вішатиTo imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- lock inприбрати, прибиратиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure.
- lock awayприбрати, прибиратиTo lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
- lock offTo stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
- lock outTo inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
- lock onTo begin tracking a target via an automated system.
- lock downTo secure (something).
- lock intoTo firmly commit to (something or someone).
Synonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb