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Lock out

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of lockout. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked. transitive

    "I've locked myself out of my room again!"

  2. 2
    prevent employees from working during a strike wordnet
  3. 3
    To prevent from accessing a data structure.

    "The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object."

  4. 4
    (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) transitive
  5. 5
    (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate. intransitive, transitive

    "Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment."

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