put (someone) behind bars

To arrest someone and hold him or her in prison; to sentence someone to serve time in prison. I heard that they put Mike's uncle behind bars for robbing a liquor store! The cops put our son behind bars on a charge of drunk driving, so we have to go down to the station to bail him out.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iezekiel	-	Biblical Greek
Sophocles	SAHF-u-kleez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Seth (1)	SETH (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Anatole	-	French
Walters	[.wɔ:ltəz]
Kemen	-	Basque