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for safekeeping

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for safekeeping
for the purpose of keeping someone or something safe. I put my jewelry in the vault for safekeeping. I checked my fur coat at the entrance to the bar for safekeeping.


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Many farmers retained the documents, some sending them out of the country for safekeeping, in the hope of having their land returned when President Robert Mugabe steps down.
The turned wood handle also adds to the convenience, since it fits comfortably in your hand and easily lends itself to being attached to a lanyard for safekeeping on countertops.
Lost on the battlefield by Charles of Burgundy, it was found by a Swiss soldier, sold to a priest for a florin, and later ripped from the body of King Henry IV's courier, who had swallowed it for safekeeping.
 
 
 
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