under lock and key

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under lock and key

1. kept safely in a room or container that is locked I tend to keep medicines under lock and key because of the kids.

2. in prison I think the feeling from the general public is that people like that should be kept under lock and key for the rest of their lives.

See also: and, key, lock

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Richard Turlington instantly determined to make the duplicates serve as his security, keeping the first copies privately under lock and key, to be used in obtaining possession of the goods at the customary time. Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context When both the animals had been safely put under lock and key, he felt that he might breathe more freely. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context Back yonder, an hour's journey from here, we passed through an Arab village of stone dry-goods boxes (they look like that,) where Noah's tomb lies under lock and key. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			type over type up ugly ugly as a toad ugly as sin umbrage unaccustomed to unbosom oneself to unbowed unburden oneself to uncle Uncle Sam under a cloud under a microscope under a spell under arrest under attack under belt under breath under certain circumstances under construction under control under false pretences under fire under heel under lock and key under no circumstances under normal circumstances under nose under oath under own steam under pressure under scrutiny under the aegis of under the banner of under the circumstances under the counter under the gun under the influence under the knife under the skin under the sun under the table under the weather under the wing of under the wire under thumb under way under wing under wraps understand			Under Foregrip Intergrated Rail Under Frequency Roll Off under full sail under full sail Under garments under general Under General Anesthesia Under Graduate Aptitude Test Under Graduate Entrance Test Under Grand Hotel Under Gravel Filter Under ground Under Ground Cable Under Ground Sewerage Scheme under hatches under hatches under hatches under hatches under heel Under His Wings Under Honorable Conditions Under Hood Junction Block Under House Arrest under inquiry under it Under Jolly Roger Under Keel Clearance under local under lock and key Under Low Limit Under Management Under Management Under Milk Wood Under Milkwood Under Monitor Display under necessity Under New Management under no circumstances under no circumstances under no circumstances under no illusion under no illusion under no illusion under no illusion under no illusions under no illusions under no illusions under no illusions under normal circumstances under nose under nose under nose under nose Under oath Under oath Under oath Under oath Under oath under obligation

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