Analysis Complete

put behind bars

/ put behind bars /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Type of:
confine detain
Derived:
remand prison guard jailer jailor gaoler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
law jurisprudence
Semantic Complexity
24%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
3
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confine detain