To lock someone away means to put them in prison or a secure mental hospital. Locking them away is not sufficient, you have to give them treatment
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"
If you lock something away in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock. She meticulously cleaned the gun and locked it away in its case He had even locked away all the videos of his previous exploits
If you lock yourself away, you go somewhere where you can be alone, and do not come out or see anyone for some time. I locked myself away with books and magazines. = hide away, shut away
lock away
الواصلة
Lock a·way
التركية النطق
läk ıwey
النطق
/ˈläk əˈwā/ /ˈlɑːk əˈweɪ/
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[ 'läk ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English lok, from Old English locc; akin to Old High German loc lock, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated.