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under lock and key
adjective as in captive
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in safe
Weak matches
- cherished
- free from danger
- guarded
- home free
- impervious
- impregnable
- in safety
- inviolable
- invulnerable
- maintained
- out of danger
- out of harm's way
- preserved
- safe and sound
- safeguarded
- sheltered
- shielded
- sitting pretty
- tended
- unassailable
- undamaged
- under one's wing
- unharmed
- unhurt
- uninjured
- unmolested
- unscathed
- unthreatened
- vindicated
- watched
verb as in behind bars
Example Sentences
A Peaky Blinders film will be released soon by Netflix, although Murphy said the plot line is still under lock and key.
Wirtz could provide an option on the flank, but Liverpool's wide areas appear to be under lock and key.
He could provide an option on the flank, but Liverpool's wide areas appear to be under lock and key.
His sister can’t even imagine what he gets up to with all those suspect books he keeps piled up under lock and key.
"I didn’t appreciate its significance then, it was kept in our house in Caerphilly but my dad kept it under lock and key," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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