Idiom
lock someone up and throw away the key
Meaning
To lock someone up in prison indefinitely.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The judge wanted to lock him up and throw away the key.”
“After the criminal committed such a terrible crime, the public demanded that the court lock him up and throw away the key.”
“The prosecutor argued that the defendant was a danger to society and should be locked up with the key thrown away forever.”
Examples
simple
“The judge wanted to lock him up and throw away the key.”
contextual
“After the criminal committed such a terrible crime, the public demanded that the court lock him up and throw away the key.”
complex
“The prosecutor argued that the defendant was a danger to society and should be locked up with the key thrown away forever.”
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