shut sb away
— phrasal verb with shut /ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (present tense shutting, past tense and past participle shut)Definition
› to put a person in a place that they are not allowed or able to leave: He was ten years old when he was shut away in an asylum for stealing an apple.Putting people in prison
(Definition of shut sb away from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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shut (sth) up phrasal verb
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shut sb out phrasal verb
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shut sb/sth in (sth) phrasal verb
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shut sb/sth out phrasal verb (NOT INCLUDE)
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shut sb/sth out phrasal verb (PREVENT ENTRY)
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shut sb/sth up phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang sb up phrasal verb
- behind bars idiom
- captivity noun
- commit verb (SEND)
- confine verb
- gaol noun, verb
- hold verb (KEEP)
- house arrest noun
- immured adjective
- imprison verb
- incarcerate verb
- intern verb
- prison noun
- prisoner noun
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- remand noun
- remand verb
- serve verb (SPEND TIME)
- stretch noun (TIME)
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