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lock away

VERB

store

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accumulate bury deposit freeze hide hoard keep pack put save stash stockpile

STRONG

amass bank bin bottle cache can cumulate garner hive hutch mothball park reserve squirrel away stock up treasure victual warehouse

WEAK

keep in reserve lay away lay up lock up pack away put away put by put in storage roll up salt away save for rainy day sock away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse spend squander throw away uncover waste

STRONG

disburse dissipate divide

WEAK

use

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Together, these ecosystems lock away roughly 100 gigatonnes of carbon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Since September, in a move designed to reduce bullying and students' stress levels, the school has required pupils to lock away their devices in pouches during the day.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025

The U.S. government last week announced its first research grants for soaking up carbon dioxide in the ocean, a geoengineering approach that would lock away atmospheric carbon and blunt global warming.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 13, 2023

But these giant mammals may offer today’s economy a new kind of value: an ability to safely lock away climate-warming carbon and to support ecosystems that do so on an even bigger scale.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

The story of his number was one I’d lock away in a room and write on the door of that memory The End.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

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