shutsomeoneaway
phrasal verbwithshutverb[IorT]uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/present participleshutting|past tense and past participleshut
to put apersonin aplacethat they are notallowedorabletoleave:
He was tenyearsoldwhen he wasshutaway forstealinganapple.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- prisoner
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- solitary
- stretch