under lock and key
Example Sentences
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The sorrows that trouble him he keeps under lock and key.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Maybe we’ll find ourselves under lock and key across the street in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
"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.
From BBC • May 5, 2025
The acting is grounded in realism but the writing refuses to keep the characters under lock and key.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
This was where Jinx had stashed the extra elixir under lock and key.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
