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| lock up(verb, phrasal verb, action, hold) | |
| put away(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) | |
| put behind bars(verb, idiom, hold, commit) | |
| big house(noun, idiom, free, slang) | |
| house of correction(noun, idiom, place, free) | |
| lock in(verb, phrasal verb, hold, circle) | |
| send down(verb, phrasal verb, confine, detain) | |
| send up(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) | |
| shut in(verb, hold, suppress, subject) | |
| shut up(verb, phrasal verb, cool, restrain) | |
| black hole(noun, idiom, place, prison) | |
| close in(circle, confine, ring, surround) | |
| hem in(verb, hold, control, make) | |
| hold prisoner(verb, idiom, detain, imprison) | |
| bottle up(verb, hold, control, make) | |
| box up(verb, hold, control, restrain) | |
| coop up(verb, restrain, confine, detain) | |
| fence in(verb, hold, commit, confine) | |
| hold captive(verb, hold, commit, confine) | |
| house of detention(idiom, prison) |
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