imprison (someone) in (something)
imprison (someone) in (something)
To confine someone to a particular space or place, usually as a punishment. Yep, the sheriff imprisoned those rabble-rousers in the cell in the back. Please don't imprison your little sister in the basement again.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
imprison someone in something
to lock someone up in something. The authorities imprisoned him in a separate cell. Bob imprisoned Timmy in the closet for an hour.
See also: imprison
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- imprison
- imprison in
- buttonhole
- buttonhole (someone)
- buttonhole someone
- dump (something) in (someone's) lap
- restrict
- restrict (someone or something) to (someone or something)
- restrict to
- pen up