lock away

Verb lock away has 1 sense

• lock away(v = verb.contact) lock, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
is one way to confine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP