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To be kept under close arrest If someone is kept under close arrest, does it mean that he / she was arrested without anyone knowing except for the police?Meaning 12
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/close_3
Sep 18, 2014 6:15 PM
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No, there's no question of secrecy here - it simply means that the person is very closely and carefully guarded while under arrest.
September 18, 2014
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"close arrest" is not an English phrase.
September 18, 2014
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Do you perhaps mean "house arrest"?
September 18, 2014
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