pensomeonein/up
phrasal verbwithpenverb[T]formaluk/pen/us/pen/-nn-
tokeeppeopleoranimalsin asmallarea:
Thesheepwerepennedin behind thebarn.
Thesoldierswerepennedup intheirbarracks.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
- solitary
- stretch
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