lock out 1 of 2

as in to walk

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lockout

2 of 2

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Recent Examples of lock out
Verb
Slack seems to be working intermittently for some, while others are completely locked out. Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025 With full market penetration, Google needed to lock out competitors, raise ad rates, and turn more search real estate into billable clicks to grow search ad revenue. Quora, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
After a 99-day lockout, Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025 Russell shared his comments after the qualifying round last weekend, where McLaren secured a front-row lockout with Norris securing the pole and Oscar Piastri in second. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lock out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
Verb
  • Jesus told the woman to leave her life of sin and walk in a new life of holiness.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Dream Pairs Fisherman Sandals $30 $26 at Amazon Last summer, celebrity mom Katie Holmes made a splash walking around Manhattan in fisherman sandals.
    Claudia Fisher, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.
    Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • Trump reportedly walked out of a negotiating session, and the Ivy League school ended up expanding elsewhere.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Moments later, Tomas walked out of the house carrying Alicia, who was able to reunite with her father.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In a release, MTI said the growth slowdown was due to declines in manufacturing, as well as some services sectors such as finance and insurance.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Level design is varied and intriguing, supercharged by power-ups and made easier with a slowdown feature, giving you time to breathe or respond to on-screen madness at the expense of your final score.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hints, Clues And Answers For Thursday, April 3 Originally created for the 1983 film Local Hero, the instrumental cut became a minor hit decades ago and was later adopted as the walkout song for a U.K. football team.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In Texas, there were 39 student walkouts in the years that followed.
    Made by History, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The order also directed an investigation of the job action, which was a violation of the Taylor Law barring certain state employees from striking.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • However, there were allegations that the sick-out at that time was, in truth, a job action.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • On Wednesday, the City Council voted to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Baggett’s family members. — TRANSIT TRAUMA: Days after hundreds of Metro bus drivers staged a sick-out protesting safety concerns, L.A.’s transit network continued to experience a string of violent behavior.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024

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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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