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lock out
verb
to prevent from entering by locking a door
to prevent (employees) from working during an industrial dispute, as by closing a factory
noun
the closing of a place of employment by an employer, in order to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms
Idioms and Phrases
Keep out, prevent from entering. For example, Karen was so angry at her brother that she locked him out of the house . [Late 1500s] Shakespeare had it in The Comedy of Errors (4:1): “For locking me out of my doors by day.”
Withhold work from employees during a labor dispute, as in The company threatened to lock out the strikers permanently . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
The Bruins were locked out of Jackie Robinson Field on Sept. 26, forcing them to scramble to different high school fields in L.A. traffic.
Co-op narrowly avoided being locked out of its systems during an attack which exposed customer data and caused shortages of stock.
The owners locked out players that winter, and the wrecking ball hit as soon as the lockout ended.
Co-op narrowly averted being locked out of its computer systems during the cyber attack that saw customer data stolen and store shelves left bare, the hackers who claim responsibility have told the BBC.
This also works the other way - calling people who work on the help desk and pretending to be an employee locked out of their account.
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