put under lock and key
Example Sentences
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The driver was arrested and the van was towed away, put under lock and key at a local impound yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
Upon inspection, the FBI asked the storage room to be put under lock and key.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
A heavy hasp was spiked to its place, and the cabin was put under lock and key for the first time.
From Buffalo Roost by Cheley, F. H.
"Thou shalt know very soon," replied the burgomaster, and had her put under lock and key.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
Then Crabtree, Sobber, and the others had been put under lock and key in the old-fashioned country jail; and there, for the time being, the matter had rested.
From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward
