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put behind bars

Definitions of put behind bars
  1. verb
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, remand
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    confine, detain
    deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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