shut away

Verb

Meaning

place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lock shut up lock in put away lock up lock away cloister separate lockup isolated isolate locking quarantine closet isolating

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Antonyms

group free environment focus join link

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Hypernyms

confine

Related terms

shut in

Examples

If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone. Roberto Bolaño

Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. Max von Sydow

The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend Source: Internet

She locked her jewels in the safe Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Shusterman Shuswap shut shut down shut down production shut eyes to