for safekeeping

idiom

: in order to be kept from danger or harm

I gave her my jewelry for safekeeping while I was away.

Examples of for safekeeping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Worth about $5 million, the Chew Valley Hoard is believed to have been hidden for safekeeping nearly 1,000 years ago, as Saxon rebellions against William the Conqueror roiled England; just under half of the 2,584 coins feature the last Anglo-Saxon king Harold II. —Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Dec. 2025

The icky parts are discarded, and then the giblets, a nutritious bundle of odds and ends that are still good to eat, are tucked back into the cavity for safekeeping. —Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025

The official said before the demolition, a thorough preservation process was conducted to remove and relocate historic items for safekeeping. —Joey Garrison, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025

And if leadership is concerned about a service member's stability, Bumgarner said the normal protocol is to ask the soldier to turn in their weapons for safekeeping. —Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for for safekeeping

• beekeeping
• bookkeeping
• gatekeeping
• housekeeping
• peacekeeping
• timekeeping
• beeping
• creeping
• heaping
• keeping
• leaping
• peeping