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
This was not an easy matter to compass in a poor house like ours, where we had nothing valuable to put under lock and key.
From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie
"Then it is high time he was put under lock and key," said Marcy indignantly.
From True To His Colors by Castlemon, Harry
The whole edition was put under lock and key, and never saw the light till liberty came back to France, with the white nag and the Bourbon lilies, in 1815.
From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry
