to lock o.s. out把自己锁(鎖)在外面 (bǎ zìjǐ suǒ zài wàimiàn)
(Ind) 不准工人进厂以威胁工人接受条件
See lock
lock out
1. phrasal verb
If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.
They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of]
My husband's locked me out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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.
The new tenants locked themselves out of their apartment and had to break in. [V pron-refl P + of]
There had been a knock at the door and when she opened it she locked herself out. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE]
The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]
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.
[business]
The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for lock
lock-out
Word forms: plural lock-outsregional note: in AM, use lockout
countable noun
A lock-out is a situation in which employers close a place of work and prevent workers from entering it untilthe workers accept the employer's new proposals on pay or conditions of work.
[business]
lock out in British English
verb(tr, adverb)
1.
to prevent from entering by locking a door
2.
to prevent (employees) from working during an industrial dispute, as by closing a factory
nounlockout
3.
the closing of a place of employment by an employer, in order to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms
lock out in American English
1.
to shut out by or as by locking the door against
2.
to keep (workers) from a place of employment in seeking to force terms upon them
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Examples of 'lock out' in a sentence
lock out
Ray had to sit with his fingers pressed into his ears to lock out the sound.
Patrick Robinson BARRACUDA 945 (2003)
In other languages
lock out
British English: lock out /lɒk aʊt/ VERB
If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.
They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment.