lock out

lock out
1) PHRASAL VERB If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.

[V n P of n] They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment...

[V n P] My husband's locked me out.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you lock yourself out of a place, such as your house, you cannot get in because the door is locked and you do not have your keys.

[V pron-refl P of n] The new tenants locked themselves out of their apartment and had to break in...

[V pron-refl P] There had been a knock at the door and when she opened it she locked herself out...

[V-ed P] The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out.

3) PHRASAL VERB In an industrial dispute, if a company locks its workers out, it closes the factory or office in order to prevent the employees coming to work.

[V P n (not pron)] The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike. [Also V n P]


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