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lock something away
phrasal verb with lockverbuk /lɒk/ us /lɑːk/
B2
to put something in a safe place and lock the door in order that someone else cannot get it: 把…锁起来，将…妥善保管
If you keep valuables in your house, lock them away somewhere safe.如果家里有值钱的东西，就得放在安全的地方锁起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Locking and bolting
bar
batten
bolt
handcuff
hermetically
latch
lock
lock (something) up
lock someone out
lock something in
lockable
love lock
manacle
padlock
relock
self-locking
shut
shut someone away
under lock and keyidiom
unlockable
lock sth away | Business English
lock sth away
phrasal verb with lockverbuk /lɒk/us
informal
to put money in a place where it is not available to you for a long period:
lock sth away for 5 years/20 years, etc.We asked three financial advisers what they would recommend for someone who is prepared to lock the money away for 10 to 15 years.
Bonds lock money away for between one and five years but tend to pay higher rates of interest than instant-access accounts.
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