āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
lock away
/lËÉk ÉwËeÉĒ/
to lock away
[phrase form: lock]
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āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to put a person in a place where they can not escape from, such as a psychiatric hospital or prison
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The patient was locked away in a psychiatric hospital for observation.
āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
to place something in a container or place that can be securely fastened with a lock
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The homeowner locked away their important documents in a fireproof safe.
āĻā§āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻĨāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to lock oneself away
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to isolate oneself from others, often for privacy, focus, or to cope with emotions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Writers sometimes lock themselves away to concentrate on their work.
āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
