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English
Pronunciation
Verb
lock out (third-person singular simple present locks out, present participle locking out, simple past and past participle locked out)
- (transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
- Antonyms: let in, lock in
- Hypernym: keep out
I've locked myself out of my room again!
- (computing) 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)
- Coordinate term: tag out
- (idiomatic) to be nothing for Halloween.
He didn't want to dress up for Halloween. So, he decided to lock out.
Derived terms
Translations
inadvertently prevent from entering a place
prevent from accessing a data structure
Noun
lock out (plural lock outs)
- Misspelling of lockout.
Translations
an event in which an employer bars employees from working
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