Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, slang)To lock someone up in prison indefinitely.

Examples

48 sentences

  1. Tom locked his keys in his car.

    Том замкнув ключі в машині. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruТом запер ключи в машине. — marafon

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  2. I've locked my keys in my car.

    ruЯ запер ключи в машине. — marafon

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  3. Tom locked his keys in the car.

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  4. I've accidentally locked my keys in the car.

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  5. I accidentally locked my keys in my car.

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Forms

locks someone up and throws away the key, locking someone up and throwing away the key, locked someone up and threw away the key, locked someone up and thrown away the key
Base formlock someone up and throw away the key · to lock someone up and throw away the key
3rd person singularlocks someone up and throws away the key
Present participlelocking someone up and throwing away the key
Past simplelocked someone up and threw away the key
Past participlelocked someone up and thrown away the key

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylock someone up and throw away the key
he, she, itlocks someone up and throws away the key

Past simpleLesson

all personslocked someone up and threw away the key

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave locked someone up and thrown away the key
he, she, ithas locked someone up and thrown away the key

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lock someone up and throw away the key

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
locationB1lochlockA2lockdownlockerlocketlocksmith
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