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What does under lock and key mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word under lock and key? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (US, Britain, idiomatic) imprisoned with little or no chance of escape; locked up.
  2. (US, Britain, idiomatic) safely guarded; locked away.
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