Lock (someone) up and throw away the key In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "lock (someone) up and throw away the key", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tonia Thai calendar 2021-07-30 11:07

Meaning of Lock (someone) up and throw away the key

Lock (someone) up and throw away the key saying

To imprison someone forever or indefinitely

Ultimately, the police locked the psycho up and threw away the key.

The racing boys disturbed the the calm town during the midnight. I hope they lock them up and throw the key away.

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clap (someone) in irons

To suddenly put one in jail or chains

send (one) up the river

To condemn one to prison

take away

1. To remove it from the place where it is
2. To have something as the effect of an event
3. To take someone along to some place
4. To arrest or imprison someone.
5. To awe someone.
6. To win something hand downs.
7. To buy food at a restaurant for eating elsewhere.
8. (take away from) To detract from something.
9. To remove something from someone as a punishment 
10. To make a feeling, pain, etc. disappear.
11. To learn something from an experience or activity.
12. To make money from something.
13. To subtract a number
14. (take it away) Let the show begin! 

 

lock away

1. Used in a situation in which something is put in a safe place or container secured with a lock.

2. Used in a situation in which someone is sentenced to prison.

3. Used in a situation in which someone could go somewhere to be alone.

send down for (something)

1. To request someone to leave a college or a university

2. To put someone in prison

3. To send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose

4. To order room service at the hotel

Grammar and Usage of Lock (someone) up and throw away the key

The verb "lock" and "throw" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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