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
But they had actually been rescued from the trash by a marine zoologist named John Buchanan, who held onto them for safekeeping.
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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
Breakable items can also be stuffed inside shoes or wrapped inside clothing for safekeeping on the way home.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
Plus, the box’s handy push-lock closure holds everything securely together for safekeeping.
—Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
Staff at the museum, a colonnaded palace, had removed more than 12,000 artworks for safekeeping early last year.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
In this case, the editor commissions the articles, edits them, and sends them abroad for safekeeping in case the authorities raid his office.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Thankfully some astute young staff members had the presence of mind to grab the physical electoral ballots for safekeeping.
—CNN, 27 July 2021
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
Breakable items can also be stuffed inside shoes or wrapped inside clothing for safekeeping on the way home.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
Plus, the box’s handy push-lock closure holds everything securely together for safekeeping.
—Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
Staff at the museum, a colonnaded palace, had removed more than 12,000 artworks for safekeeping early last year.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
In this case, the editor commissions the articles, edits them, and sends them abroad for safekeeping in case the authorities raid his office.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Thankfully some astute young staff members had the presence of mind to grab the physical electoral ballots for safekeeping.
—CNN, 27 July 2021
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“For safekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20safekeeping. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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