for safekeeping
idiom
: in order to be kept from danger or harm
I gave her my jewelry for safekeeping while I was away.
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Sweetness and sustenance — pleasure and wealth, metaphorically speaking — are being put away for safekeeping.
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The regalia had been hidden for 85 years—since it was stowed for safekeeping beneath the Vilnius Cathedral in southeastern Lithuania.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Aside from a brief stint in a Thuringian salt mine for safekeeping during World War II, the bust has more or less stayed put since its 1923 unveiling.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
These new sanctions and standards are set to disrupt the Russian elite’s ability to make money in Russia and send it abroad for safekeeping.
—Nigel Gould-Davies, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2018
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The regalia had been hidden for 85 years—since it was stowed for safekeeping beneath the Vilnius Cathedral in southeastern Lithuania.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Aside from a brief stint in a Thuringian salt mine for safekeeping during World War II, the bust has more or less stayed put since its 1923 unveiling.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
These new sanctions and standards are set to disrupt the Russian elite’s ability to make money in Russia and send it abroad for safekeeping.
—Nigel Gould-Davies, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2018
See All Example Sentences for for safekeeping
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“For safekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20safekeeping. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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