lock out
To inadvertently prevent from entering a place, by leaving it lockedTo inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
I've locked myself out of my room again!
aussperren
To prevent from accessing a data structure.
The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
(transitive)(industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
(intransitive, transitive)(colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.
- prevent employees from working during a strike
Examples
79 sentencesI locked myself out.
У мене захлопнулися двері. — deniko
ruЯ запер дверь, оставив ключи внутри. — Hellerick
deIch sperrte mich selbst aus. — Yorwba
I'm locked out of my room.
I'm locked out of my car.
We're locked out of our room.
Did you get locked out again?
deHast du dich wieder ausgesperrt? — Rantanplan
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
locks out, locking out, locked out, locked out| Base form | lock out · to lock out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | locks out |
| Present participle | locking out |
| Past simple | locked out |
| Past participle | locked out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
10 phrasal verbs- lock upповісити, вішатиTo imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- lock inприбрати, прибиратиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure.
- lock awayприбрати, прибиратиTo lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
- lock offTo stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
- lock outTo inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
- lock onTo begin tracking a target via an automated system.
- lock downTo secure (something).
- lock intoTo firmly commit to (something or someone).
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.