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put a lock on

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Local supporters put a lock on the gate so neighbours believe the house is unoccupied, said other inmates.

From Reuters

It’s good that your father understands the problem enough to put a lock on your room, but he also needs to talk to your stepmother.

From Slate

So he's not allowed to possess or even be in the immediate vicinity of the stuff he was keeping in his office, or in the Mar-a-Lago storeroom that was not adequately secured until the DOJ demanded in June that he put a lock on the door.

From Salon

"We thought it would be quite nice to put a lock on, just symbolic really."

From BBC

“The old senator is out of their office there. I mean, they actually literally put a lock on the door so their staff can’t go in.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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