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What does behind bars mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word behind bars? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) In jail or prison.
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The final sentence, however, rests with the judge and Beaney may still be put behind bars.
As you read this article, 15,000 destitute dads are spending time behind bars.
The first morning they visited the jailhouse, two prisoners were behind bars.
While behind bars, he takes up boxing at the urging of the warden and finds a new desire to actually do something with his life.
A burglar in adolescence, he was addicted to heroin and behind bars before reaching voting age.
Boy racers face seeing their cars behind bars as part of a Maldon police crackdown on reckless driving.

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