We caged the monkey in, but it threw a fit.
•We are going to have to cage in the dogs.
2. Fig. to confine someone or something. •Please don't cage me in this tiny room!
•The health authorities virtually caged in the quarantined population until they could all be tested.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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shut something up — shut (someone/something) up to keep people or animals in a separate place. Every day she went up to a little room on the third floor where she shut herself up to work. At night we always kept the dog shut up in its cage … New idioms dictionary
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