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behind bars

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*behind bars
in jail. (*Typically: be ~; put someone ~.) Very soon, you will be behind bars for your crimes. Max should be behind bars soon for his conviction on burglary charges.
See also: bar, behind
behind bars  (informal)
in prison He spent ten years behind bars after being convicted for armed robbery.
See also: bar, behind
behind bars
in prison It's impossible to imagine what it would be like to spend your whole life behind bars.
Etymology: based on the literal bars used to build a prison
See also: bar, behind
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If, loving a woman above everything in the world, or at least having a foretaste of the possibility of such love for her, one were suddenly to behold her on a chain, behind bars and under the lash of a keeper, one would feel something like what the poor prince now felt.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera--the Panther-- and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away.
The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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