lock out
lock
lɑ:k
laak
out
aƊt
awt
/lˈɒk ˈaʊt/

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

to lock out
[phrase form: lock]
01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent someone from entering a place by securing the entrance with a lock
to lock out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The family locked their dog out after it chewed up their furniture.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to unintentionally prevent oneself from entering a place, particularly by leaving the keys inside
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The individual locked themselves out of their car after tossing the keys inside while carrying groceries.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ, āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to keep data secure by preventing unauthorized access
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The database administrator locked out the user from accessing the customer database.
āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϟāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent one's employees from working until they accept new policies or conditions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The union called for a strike after the company locked out its workers.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āχāωāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exclude someone or something from participation or access
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization locked out its members from attending the annual meeting.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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