shut someone or something away, shut away someone or somethingKeep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people.
‘Annabelle was shut away in the library for most of the day with a pile of books’
‘The grand building will close its doors for the final time on Tuesday shutting away 115 years of history.’
‘He was a real human being who didn't shut himself away.’
‘She knew her daughter very well, too, despite how Kimberly tried to hide from her, shut herself away.’
‘The unlucky ones were herded aboard two small freighters, where they were shut away in total darkness in the cargo holds.’
‘A woman was ordered into her basement by two burglars who left her shut away whilst they looted her Whitton home last Friday evening.’
‘Please don't punish your cat by shutting him/her away.’
‘Filmed through the bars they appear to have been shut away in a camp already.’
‘In the worst cases, sufferers can shut themselves away indoors, shunning all social contact.’
‘With the years, Highsmith became ever more like Tom Ripley shut away from humankind in his train compartment, ever more apart.’
‘I cannot believe how my Aunt shut her away like that.’