Sentence | 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde: "You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid." |
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Definition | ( transitive ) To https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enclose |
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Tags: shut, up
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