put under lock and key
Example Sentences
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The driver was arrested and the van was towed away, put under lock and key at a local impound yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
Upon inspection, the FBI asked the storage room to be put under lock and key.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
Menzel, as we saw, lasted in free activity till 1757; and was then put under lock and key.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas
In the end poor Dora was marched to the cabin and put under lock and key.
From The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune by Stratemeyer, Edward
When they saw that, the rest came, and were put under lock and key with their fellows.
From Hero Tales of the Far North by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
