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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
"close arrest" is not an English phrase.
September 18, 2014
Do you perhaps mean "house arrest"?
September 18, 2014
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