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Definitions

under lock and key

ADJECTIVE
captive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
caged enslaved imprisoned incommunicado
STRONG
bound
WEAK
confined ensnared in custody incarcerated jailed locked up penned restricted subjugated
Antonyms
WEAK
disillusioned free independent loose uninterested
ADJECTIVE
safe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
intact protected secure
STRONG
okay snug
WEAK
cherished free from danger guarded home free impervious impregnable in safety inviolable invulnerable maintained out of danger out of harm's way preserved safe and sound safeguarded sheltered shielded sitting pretty tended unassailable undamaged under one's wing unharmed unhurt uninjured unmolested unscathed unthreatened vindicated watched
Antonyms
STRONGEST
insecure unprotected
WEAK
dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable
VERB
behind bars
Synonyms
WEAK
confined imprisoned in jail in prison incarcerated jailed put away serving time

Example Sentences

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The sorrows that trouble him he keeps under lock and key.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Maybe we’ll find ourselves under lock and key across the street in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

His sister can’t even imagine what he gets up to with all those suspect books he keeps piled up under lock and key.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Participants would need to be kept under lock and key so their food intake could be tightly managed.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2024

“We’ll have the troll back under lock and key long before Captain Short is in any danger.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer