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Meanings of shut away in English

Spanish
encerrar

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.

encerrar
Usage of shut away in English
1
A curtain of the same shut away the wardrobe and washing apparatus.
A Sweet Girl Graduate
2
You ought to be shut away from people, with your wild ideas.
Bambi
3
When people have been shut away from the sun a long time--
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
4
Reed, shut away from all the clamour, was powerless to defend himself.
The Brentons
5
He had kept them shut away until tonight, then set them free.
Armageddon's Children
6
His father spent most of his time shut away in his chamber.
The Bone Doll's Twin
7
He should at least wait until he was shut away in privacy.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
8
I don't want to be that dad shut away in another room.
The Guardian
9
It was kind of shut away from the rest of the world.
Reuters
10
Perhaps they did not know that His Majesty was shut away, insane.
Sword of Honour
11
Her heart bled for the child, shut away in the dark and silence.
Janice Day at Poketown
12
The furniture was shrouded, the curtains drawn, the light shut away.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
13
However, the world was shut away from Patterne for the night.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
14
All through the voyage we were shut away from all news.
A Minstrel in France
15
Do you want me to be shut away in the dark-buriedalive-buriedalive?
The Keeper of the Door
16
I've been reading the newspapers while I've been shut away up there, Willy.
A Poor Wise Man
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Translations for shut away
Spanish
encerrar
Shut away through the time
Shut away across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common