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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The church took possession of the shroud until the early 1400s when the knight’s granddaughter offered to take it for safekeeping during The Hundred Years’ War.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
But they had actually been rescued from the trash by a marine zoologist named John Buchanan, who held onto them for safekeeping.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
They were cut from girders and other bits that were swapped out of the Eiffel Tower during renovations and stored for safekeeping, according to Joachim Roncin, head of design at the Paris Games organizing committee.
—John Leicester, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
There's a person in the dugout who collects those balls and stows them away for safekeeping.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
But they had actually been rescued from the trash by a marine zoologist named John Buchanan, who held onto them for safekeeping.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
They were cut from girders and other bits that were swapped out of the Eiffel Tower during renovations and stored for safekeeping, according to Joachim Roncin, head of design at the Paris Games organizing committee.
—John Leicester, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
There's a person in the dugout who collects those balls and stows them away for safekeeping.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2024
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“For safekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20safekeeping. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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