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under lock and key

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[under lock and key] {adv. phr.}

Secured; locked up; well protected.

* /Dad keeps all his valuables under lock and key./

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	{adv. phr.} ⁵⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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