lock in
lock
lɑ:k
laak
in
ÉĒn
in
/lˈɒk ˈÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lock in"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to lock in
[phrase form: lock]
01

āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shut someone or oneself in a place by locking the door
to lock in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hostages were locked in a cell with no means of escape.
āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure something tightly in place, preventing leakage, loss, or alteration
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vacuum-sealed bag locked in the air, preserving the food's flavor and texture.
āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ-āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏāϕ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϞāĻ• āχāύ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something fixed or certain, preventing it from changing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The negotiators locked in the terms of the agreement, preventing further disputes or alterations.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to enter a state of total focus or concentration on a task
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team will lock in to meet the tight project deadline.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ