locked away
Kept under key
Locked away describes something secured or hidden from access, either literally or figuratively.
Valuables are locked away in safes; prisoners are locked away in cells.
The phrase often suggests deliberate concealment or protection: She kept the letters locked away in a drawer.
Emotionally, memories or feelings can be locked away—suppressed or hidden from others: He had his grief locked away where no one could see it.
- behind barsIn jail
- imprisonedHeld in custody
- padlockedSecured by removable lock
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarceratedConfined in prison
custody · sequestered · off limits · deep freeze · confinement · suppressed · caged · encrypted · secured · vault · hidden · hidden from view · buried · safekeeping · guarding · detained · concealed · classified
- storedstored, warehoused, stashed, stowed, kept
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
locked awayfree
Without payment or restriction
released · liberated · set free · at liberty · unconfined
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