shut away
shut away · shuts away · shut away · shutting away
прибрати, прибирати, відкласти
запереть, запирать, зависнуть
einsperren, einschließen, abschließen
To isolate in a closed-off area or roomTo isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
» Where did you shut them away?
Meaning
2 sensesTo isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
To isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
Especially, to imprison (someone).
The judge shut me away in prison for five years.
More definitions
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Examples
3 sentencesWhere did you shut them away?
Yanni shut himself away in his room.
Paul slammed the door shut and ran away.
Forms
shuts away, shutting away, shut away, shut away| Base form | shut away · to shut away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shuts away |
| Present participle | shutting away |
| Past simple | shut away |
| Past participle | shut away |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- shut upзробити, робитиTo close (a building) so that no one can enter.
- shut outзакрити, закриватиTo prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
- shut inобмежувати, вкладатиTo confine.
- shut downвимкнути, вимикатиTo close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
- shut awayприбрати, прибиратиTo isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
- shut offTo stop or turn off by closing something, such as a valve.
Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb