āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
lock out
/lËÉk ËaĘt/
to lock out
[phrase form: lock]
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āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent someone from entering a place by securing the entrance with a lock
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The family locked their dog out after it chewed up their furniture.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϞāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϤāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to unintentionally prevent oneself from entering a place, particularly by leaving the keys inside
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The individual locked themselves out of their car after tossing the keys inside while carrying groceries.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϤāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϞāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āϞāĻ āĻāĻāĻ, āĻ āύāύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to keep data secure by preventing unauthorized access
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The database administrator locked out the user from accessing the customer database.
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϏ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϏ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āϏ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϞāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āϞāĻ āĻāĻāĻ, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent one's employees from working until they accept new policies or conditions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The union called for a strike after the company locked out its workers.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϞāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āϏ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to exclude someone or something from participation or access
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization locked out its members from attending the annual meeting.
āϏāĻāĻāĻ āύāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āώāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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