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under lock and key



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Idioms and Phrases

Securely locked up, as in He keeps the wine under lock and key . [First half of 1500s]
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The driver was arrested and the van was towed away, put under lock and key at a local impound yard.

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Just days before the stone was to be released, a federal court judge ordered that the emerald remain under lock and key until the federal case with Brazil concludes.

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After decades of uncertainty, Robinson’s contracts from 1945 and 1947 are safely under lock and key, held by the U.S.

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Participants would need to be kept under lock and key so their food intake could be tightly managed.

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They still use equipment the Yankees donated in 2019 during MLB’s debut in Europe — baseball’s are in sparse supply in the U.K., so the Mets keep their gameday stockpile under lock and key.

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